GNU Make vs Jenkins comparison

"Makefiles are extremely easy to work with using any preferred editor. GNU Make can be run directly from the terminal, not requiring any time wasted on clicking."

"Setup is extremely straightforward."

"The initial setup of GNU Make is straightforward."

"GNU Make is such an essential tool that it is almost impossible to imagine working without it. Not having it, developers would probably have to resort to doing everything manually or via shell scripts."

"Full-featured syntax allows building strategies as simple or as complex as one wishes, and declarative approach fits the task really well. Wide adoption also means that everybody knows what GNU Make is and how to use it."

"I have not encountered any scalability issues with GNU Make. It is as scalable as the project's structure is, and then some."

"Jenkins is the most widely used development tool, so there are many plugins and it's easy to integrate. There is a large user base to provide community support, which I find very valuable. If I need to find a better way to do something, I can always get help from the community. Automation is about thinking outside of the box, and other users are constantly adding new plugins."

"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that there are multiple features. We can abstract certain variables and then build our deployment routine while being able to do some abstraction onto the SSH connections."

"Jenkins is very user-friendly."

"The most valuable features of Jenkins are the integration with GitHub, and the automation for deployment."

"We really appreciate that this solution is plug and play. When coding in the version control system, this product completes the build process automatically."

"I like the business logs. It's a very useful tool. Client-server communication is also very fast."

"Jenkins allows us to automate deployment, so I no longer have to do it manually. That's the primary use case. The other advantage of Jenkins is that it's open source. It was free for me to download and install. It's a product that's been in use for many years, so I can find a lot of support online for any issues that I may encounter while configuring anything for a given use case."

"The most valuable features of Jenkins are creating builds, and connecting them with Sonar for Sonar analysis. Additionally, we connect it with other vulnerability tools, such as WhiteSource which is useful."

"GNU Make does not provide traditional customer support."

"GNU Make requires using the Tab symbol as the first symbol of command line for execution. In some text editors this can be problematic, as they automatically insert spaces instead of tabs."

"Vanilla GNU Make does not support any kind of colored output. A wrapper named colormake exists to work around this, but native (opt-in) support would be welcome."

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

"In our case, we have several products built using Jenkins. It is quite difficult to navigate into the latest stable build in a given OS."

"It would be helpful if they had a bit more interactive UI."

"The disadvantage of Jenkins is writing Groovy scripts. There are other CI tools where you do not need to write this many scripts to manage and deploy."

"Creating a new SonarQube project requires a separate job, and we've encountered some integration issues with Docker and the need for better vulnerability checks."

"Better and easy-to-use integration with Docker would be an improvement."

"The enterprise version is less stable than the open-source version."

"I think an integrated help button, that respected the context of the change/work in hand, would be a worthwhile improvement."

"There is no price for this product. No licensing. It’s open-source."

"GNU Make is free and open source software."

"It could be cheaper because there are many solutions available in the market. We are paying yearly."

"Jenkins is open source and free."

"I used the free OSS version all the time. It was enough for all my needs."

"There is no cost. It is open source."

"Jenkins is a free open-source server."

"Jenkins is a free solution, it is open source."

"It is a free product."

"It is a cheap solution."