IBM Rational Build Forge vs Jenkins comparison

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Rational Build Forge and Jenkins based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Build Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed IBM Rational Build Forge vs. Jenkins Report (Updated: October 2024).

IBM Rational Build Forge vs. Jenkins

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Rational Build Forge

Ranking in Build Automation

23rd

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

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Jenkins

Ranking in Build Automation

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of IBM Rational Build Forge is 1.0%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jenkins is 11.3%, down from 14.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Amy DeLorge

CRM Program Release Manager at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Aug 19, 2020

Great reporting features and very functional

The solution could be more user friendly. Trying to train somebody on it can be difficult. If you're in this field, you kind of learn the tools, but trying to show a PM how to find report sheets to pull data was difficult. I had to show them how to write the queries and pull the data that they needed. It's not a layman's solution. If you're working with a programmer or with an architect, you won't have issues trying to relay how to utilize the tool. It was for those who cut the checks where there were problems enabling them to pull the data they required. I guess the answer is DevOps, but it depends on your environment. Just being able to sign into dashboards and get accurate results was my biggest thing with my PMs on my projects. They like charts and pie graphs, the ability to see things at a glance data where they could make decisions on the fly.

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AllenUmlas

Engineer at Etisalat

Feb 29, 2024

Streamlines the CI/CD process with its user-friendly interface, extensive plugin ecosystem and efficient automation capabilities

In our CI/CD pipeline, we rely on Jenkins to trigger various tasks related to the Telco Cloud infrastructure. It's an essential tool for managing our infrastructure tasks efficiently Jenkins is incredibly user-friendly, so I haven't encountered any difficulties using it. It's the only product…

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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

"Very good reporting features."

"All features are useful. Our customer doesn't have any complaints about the tool. It works pretty well for what they want and what they need to do."

"It has a lot of community posts and support."

"We used it for all continuous integration parts, like automation testing, deployment, etc."

"We are using the open-source version and there is a lot of plugins and features that are available and it works on agents for free. In other solutions, it will cost extra to use them with the agent."

"Jenkins integrates with multiple tools like Bitbucket and makes life easier. We don't have to write a lot of code since a lot of libraries are available."

"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."

"Distributed execution of build and test jobs."

"The initial setup is pretty simple."

"Has a good interface, is reliable and saves time."

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Cons

"Not user friendly for the layman."

"Its logging can be improved. When something goes wrong, it is not always very easy to find the problem. It is hard to identify whether the problem is because of low memory in the server or some configuration in Rational Build Forge. The error logs are not very detailed, and they should provide more information. It should also have more integration with third-party tools. It would be great to have more integration with third-party tools."

"Jenkins could have better cloud functionality. Currently, we are using the existing legacy model, but we are moving toward the cloud, so it would be great if they could improve in that area. In the future, I would like more cloud features and related training materials, like a video tutorial."

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

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

"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."

"Jenkins needs a faster deployment process."

"It does not have a very user-friendly interface."

"A more user-friendly UI for creating pipelines would be helpful."

"It can be improved by including automated mobile reporting integrations."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is free."

"In our company, we do pay for the licensing of the solution."

"Jenkins is a free open-source server."

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

"Jenkins is an open-source tool."

"We use the tool's open-source version which is free. There is an enterprise version which is expensive but comes with better support."

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

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

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it_user184734

Systems Administrator at Facebook

Jan 22, 2015

I generally find TeamCity a lot more intuitive than Jenkins.

Moving to TeamCity from Jenkins At work, we’re slowly migrating from Jenkins to TeamCity in the hope of ending some of our recurring problems with continuous integration. My use of Jenkins prior to this job has been almost strictly on a personal basis, although I pretty much only use Travis…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

16%

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

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Small Business

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

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Jenkins is open source and free to use. You simply download it, install it on your server, and it manages your pipelines.

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Overview

IBM Rational Build Forge is an adaptive execution framework that helps automate and standardize the software assembly process. Rational Build Forge helps teams standardize repetitive tasks, improve software quality and manage compliance mandates. This software scales to 25 seats. Rational Build Forge delivers:
Flexibility - gives developers self-service access to preconfigured build processes from within their integrated development environment (IDE). You can add IBM Rational software products to further enhance automation, reporting and integration.
Productivity - accelerates build and release cycles through iterative development, parallel processes and efficient use of hardware.
Compliance - simplifies compliance management with self-documenting audit trails and role-based security.
Compatibility - increases team efficiency with centralized build and release management using the tools you have today.

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

Sample Customers

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