AWS CodeBuild vs Bamboo comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Atlassian are both solutions in the Build Automation category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.1, while Atlassian is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.4. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 1.2% mindshare in BA, compared to Atlassian’s 6.8% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 77% of Atlassian users who would recommend it.

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77% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Bamboo and AWS CodeBuild are leading tools in the CI/CD pipeline category. AWS CodeBuild seems to have the upper hand due to its serverless architecture and strong cloud-native integrations.

Features: Bamboo offers seamless integration with Atlassian products like Jira and Bitbucket, provides a flexible setup for diverse build environments, and includes a robust suite of plugins. AWS CodeBuild integrates deeply with AWS services, supports serverless architecture, and manages multiple CI/CD pipelines with automatic scaling.

Room for Improvement: Bamboo faces challenges with plugin compatibility, a steep learning curve, and cumbersome manual configurations. AWS CodeBuild needs enhancements in its user interface and has occasional deployment failures. Both require better logging, notifications, and integration with external platforms.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Bamboo supports on-premises and hybrid cloud deployments but requires infrastructure management, while AWS CodeBuild focuses on public cloud solutions and eliminates infrastructure concerns. Bamboo's community support is comprehensive, and AWS CodeBuild offers prompt technical assistance within the AWS ecosystem.

Pricing and ROI: Bamboo uses a pricing model based on remote agent usage, which can challenge scalability. AWS CodeBuild charges only for used compute resources, offering potential savings and scalability benefits. Both provide good ROI, yet AWS CodeBuild's serverless and pay-as-you-go model facilitates better cost management.

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Categories and Ranking

AWS CodeBuild

Ranking in Build Automation

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Bamboo

Ranking in Build Automation

7th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of AWS CodeBuild is 1.2%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Bamboo is 6.8%, down from 9.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Munisaiteja Narravula

AWS Engineer at 6thgen

Automated task handling with reliable logging but requires accurate environment setup

One of the main challenges is that if the environment is not set up properly, it will result in issues such as image errors. It's crucial to have accurate environment configurations to avoid such problems. During the build stage, we often face time issues that cause delays, which can be troublesome.

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Cuneyt-Gurses

Director of Cloud Solution Group at DTech Cloud Corporation

Useful for continuous deployment, but the stability must be improved

The setup is moderately difficult. It is not highly complicated, but it is not easy. We must go through some steps to complete the implementation. Once the product is implemented, it will be stable. We face some challenges since the tool is deployed on-premise. The capabilities are adequate for our needs, though.

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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 tool is used to build and test code. I find its biggest advantages are elasticity and reliability. We can easily assign as many computing resources as needed to build our code, which is much simpler than traditional methods that require server upgrades. It's a serverless tool, so it's very flexible and elastic."

"The initial setup of CodeBuild is easy."

"One of the main features I value in CodeBuild compared to previous experiences, like using Jenkins, is its ability to handle tasks automatically with AWS, requiring only proper setup of the check file."

"The integration is a good feature."

"CodeBuild supports various platforms and coding."

"A valuable feature is the support for third-party repositories such as Bitbucket, GitLab, or GitHub."

"The solution provides good integrations."

"AWS CodeBuild reduces wait time and optimizes workflows."

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"It can do the CI pipeline well."

"The most valuable feature of Bamboo is that it is a good tool for CI/CD integration."

"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."

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

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

"In my experience Bamboo is scalable."

"The tool is useful for continuous 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."

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Cons

"Notifications could be added, or SNS integration could be included so that notifications can be received on every build, whether the build fails or succeeds."

"We had integration issues with a tool called Octopus Deploy while using CodeBuild. AWS support helped us resolve it, however, it could be better."

"They can further improve the integration of the Bitbucket for CodeBuild."

"There is no persistent storage or preservation of workspace between the builds."

"The deployment fails sometimes."

"There have been times when CodeBuild has shown some instability, like bugs or breakdowns."

"The front-end interface and the management are somewhat challenging, and there's a lot of space for improvement."

"Multiple clients have faced issues with pricing. After migrating from Azure to EC2, they were unexpectedly charged 100,000 rupees because the pricing details were not clearly visible."

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"One area that could be enhanced is the governance process, particularly with regard to building approvals and transitions between stages. In comparison to other solutions, such as Jira, which features a workflow that supports approval processes, this capability is not natively available in Bamboo. To implement this functionality, integration with other solutions, such as GSM may be necessary. Although some add-ons, such as Adaptavist ScriptRunner, are available in the market to circumvent this limitation, they may not offer the exact functionality needed. Therefore, there is certainly room for improvement in this area."

"It's a little outdated. It's three years old."

"Bamboo’s technical support services, in terms of speed of response, need improvement."

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Despite the cost, it is worth the investment."

"We pay a monthly licensing fee."

"AWS CodeBuild is free. We only pay for our code's compute resources during the build process. For example, if our code takes ten minutes to build, we only pay for those ten minutes of computing time. CodeDeploy and CodePipeline are free because they're serverless and don't require computing resources. CodeCommit has minimal costs for storing code."

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

"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."

"The price of Bamboo is reasonable."

"There is a subscription required to use Bamboo."

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

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Media Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Government

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS CodeBuild?

It works seamlessly with AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR).

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS CodeBuild?

Issues with pricing have been mentioned, especially for new clients who might not realize the cost implications initially, such as leaving servers on for too long and incurring unexpectedly high bi...

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What needs improvement with AWS CodeBuild?

There is room for improvement in making AWS CodeBuild available on Windows servers in the Mumbai region. Multiple clients have faced issues with pricing. After migrating from Azure ( /products/micr...

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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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bamboo?

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

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What needs improvement with Bamboo?

Integrating workflows with other platforms can be challenging. The capabilities of these platforms sometimes fall short compared to others. Initially, it was difficult for us because the plugins we...

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Overview

AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. With CodeBuild, you don’t need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers. CodeBuild scales continuously and processes multiple builds concurrently, so your builds are not left waiting in a queue. You can get started quickly by using prepackaged build environments, or you can create custom build environments that use your own build tools. With CodeBuild, you are charged by the minute for the compute resources you use.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

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