Bamboo vs Jenkins comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Jenkins and Bamboo are prominent tools in the CI/CD category, each offering distinct advantages for continuous integration and delivery. Based on various features, Jenkins holds an edge due to its extensive plugin ecosystem and automation capabilities, while Bamboo benefits from seamless integration with Atlassian products.

Features: Jenkins offers a vast array of plugins, enabling high customization and integration with numerous tools, along with support for multiple programming languages. Its automation and scalability are substantial strengths. Bamboo integrates seamlessly with Atlassian tools like Jira and Bitbucket, offering built-in deployment projects and user-friendly configurations for custom actions. It delivers a cohesive experience for teams within the Atlassian ecosystem.

Room for Improvement: Jenkins faces challenges with plugin stability, documentation complexity, and cloud integration. Users seek enhancements in the user interface and clearer error messaging. Bamboo has a steep learning curve and its integration capabilities outside the Atlassian ecosystem are limited. Improvements are needed in governance processes and training options. Both tools require better ease of use and setup, with Jenkins needing improved plugin management and Bamboo requiring more flexibility in customizations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Jenkins is versatile, being deployed across on-premises and various cloud environments, but is often reliant on community-based support. Bamboo’s deployment options are primarily on-premises, with some hybrid cloud capabilities, and it benefits from structured Atlassian support, offering more integrated assistance for users within the Atlassian framework.

Pricing and ROI: Jenkins is cost-effective with its open-source nature, providing significant savings on CI/CD operations. It offers an enterprise version that comes with a commercial license. Bamboo, operating on a subscription model, is perceived as reasonably priced, especially for teams using multiple Atlassian products. Jenkins provides substantial ROI through its free structure, while Bamboo offers value with its integration capabilities and licensed support.

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Bamboo vs. Jenkins

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Bamboo

Ranking in Build Automation

11th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Jenkins

Ranking in Build Automation

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Bamboo is 4.3%, down from 8.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jenkins is 7.2%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Build Automation Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Jenkins	7.2%
Bamboo	4.3%
Other	88.5%

Build Automation

Featured Reviews

Christo Louw

Director at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Automation has streamlined build and deployment workflows and provides clear project reporting

Regarding improvements for Bamboo, I can't think of anything right now. Bamboo is serving the purpose that we needed it for. I would say pipelines for model building could be an area of focus. However, I can't really comment on that because I haven't looked at Bamboo to assist with machine learning pipelines. If they haven't focused on building MLOps pipelines, that's definitely an area where they could assist businesses. I haven't looked at what Bamboo offers for MLOps, so it's possible that they've already built in features. Machine learning and AI are in big demand at the moment. If they haven't focused too much on MLOps, that's probably where they can improve.

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Jamshaid I

Principal Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Efficient resource allocation and robust workflow with autoscaling capabilities

In Kubernetes, we use node-based architecture with nodes and pods and follow practices like RBAC and rollback. Multiple pods can run concurrently. We benefit from Kubernetes' ability to autoscale pods and use horizontal pod autoscalers to adjust the number of pods based on metrics like CPU or memory usage, ensuring efficient resource allocation and stability under load.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable features are compiling and deployment."

"In Bamboo, build and deployment have been segregated. The build plan and deployment plan are different. When comparing Bamboo to other solutions, the native feature you will not find in another tool, such as Jenkins. They have segregated the build and deployment plan. This means, building the application and deploying it are two separate parts in Bamboo, they have segregated it apart from the UI. This makes the tool a bit better compared to other tools."

"The most useful feature of Bamboo is its integration with other solutions such as Jira and BitBucket, also offered by Atlassian. It is easier to use tools all provided by one vendor."

"The main benefits Bamboo provides for me and my team are the automation to pick up code changes and automate the deployments, building images."

"The most valuable features of Bamboo are its performance and UI. Additionally, there are a lot of useful plugins, integration with other solutions, such as Bitbucket and Jira, and a helpful online community."

"One of the big things that made us choose Bamboo, is it seamlessly integrates its APIs into NetSuite, which is our main ELP system."

"It's one of the best solutions in this line of work. We have many Atlassian products. We use Bamboo, JIRA, Service Desk, and some other Atlassian plugins. We like that it's easy to integrate into each other. It's a suite of services."

"One of the significant benefits of Bamboo is its built-in support for numerous clients and the ability to tailor its capabilities to your specific requirements. This high level of customization enables you to create pipelines that are ideally suited to your needs, making it an invaluable tool for conducting advanced testing."

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"Different types of jobs, such as Pipeline, Build, Freestyle, Maven, etc."

"I love Jenkins. I like that you work on anything, and you make anything. Jenkins is very important for my team. I am satisfied with the product."

"I can install Jenkins for integration from multiple developers and automate application delivery, staging, and production environments."

"This is a great integration tool and very powerful."

"The most valuable features of Jenkins are the integration of automatic scripts for testing and the user's ability to use any script."

"Jenkins has excellent task planning features."

"I am not aware of the available options in the market right now compared to Jenkins, but I am pretty much happy with the service that Jenkins is providing our company."

"The most valuable features are Jenkins Pipelines for ALM and full Deploy Cycle."

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Cons

"Scalability depends on the use case. If it is really a big customer with a lot of tests, it might not be a scalable option for them."

"It would be great if Bamboo could introduce a more containerized deployment model."

"Bamboo is a bit complicated to use compared to other solutions, such as GitLab. You have to integrate different actions that are difficult that could be made easier."

"The tool is not capable of using YAML efficiently."

"The solution needs to support more customization in the training. What's offered is pretty generic. They need better training and should offer more guidance."

"It should be much easier to use. It shouldn't require a lot of reading to be able to use it. It should have just two or three screens rather than hundreds of screens requiring a lot of clicking. It also requires a lot of integration. It has a steep learning curve. It takes a lot of time to understand and put in the data. There is also no proper training."

"Bamboo could improve by having compatibility with GitLab. It would be better to have this platform for deploying code and storing container registries. Bamboo does not have a container registry. Additionally, there could be more features added."

"The performance around the deployment feature could be improved."

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"This solution could be improved by removing the storage of unnecessary data such as the history of test deployments that were unsuccessful."

"Jenkins takes a long time to create archive files."

"The scriptwriting process could be improved in this solution in the future."

"Adding support for OIDC and internal user databases simultaneously would improve Jenkins."

"The learning curve is quite steep at the moment."

"We need more licensed product integrations."

"The support for the latest Java Runtime Environment should be improved."

"The documentation on plugin development could be better: more examples. "

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Bamboo is reasonable."

"The server products for small teams used to offer excellent pricing. However, Atlassian has since changed the offering and the pricing is more expensive. I do still think the solution offers good value for money."

"There is a subscription required to use Bamboo."

"I rate the solution's pricing a three out of five."

"I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten."

"If Bamboo could provide more flexibility on pricing, that would help. On the agent side, if you want to increase the number of agents it should be less expensive. If they can provide some better pricing model, it will help, whether we are going to use it or are already using it."

"Some of the add-ons are too expensive."

"It is a free product."

"Jenkins is open source and free."

"The pricing for Jenkins is free."

"We are using the free version of Jenkins. There is not a license required to use the solution because it is open-source."

"The solution is one of the lowest costs compared to competitors."

"Jenkins is a free open-source server."

"Jenkins is open source."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Government

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	56

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Bamboo?

Bamboo's integration with the rest of Atlassian's tech tools, like Jira, helps manage the end-to-end development and release process.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bamboo?

I rate the solution's pricing a three out of five.

What needs improvement with Bamboo?

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What do you like most about Jenkins?

Jenkins has been instrumental in automating our build and deployment processes.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jenkins?

Jenkins is used in many companies to save money, especially within R&D divisions, by avoiding the expenses of proprietary tools.

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Overview

Bamboo is a continuous integration and delivery tool that ties automated builds, tests and releases together in a single workflow. It works great alongside JIRA and Stash providing a fully traceable deployment pipeline.

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Jenkins is an award-winning application that monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a software project or jobs run by cron.

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