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We performed a comparison between CircleCI and Jenkins based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The automation workflow in CircleCI related to third-party applications is very good and allows standardization of applications."

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"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.""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.""Jenkins is very easy to use.""We can schedule anything with Jenkins, which is useful for deployment or anything that requires scheduling. It also has multiple plugins we can use for Maven, JUnit, etc.""I like that you can find a wide range of plugins for Jenkins.""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 the integration of automatic scripts for testing and the user's ability to use any script.""The auto-schedule feature is valuable. Another valuable feature is that Jenkins does not trigger a build when there is no change in any of the systems. Jenkins also supports most of the open-source plug-ins."

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Cons
"There needs to be some improvement in the user interface of CircleCI."

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"Jenkins takes a long time to create archive files.""The enterprise version is less stable than the open-source version.""This solution could be improved by removing the storage of unnecessary data such as the history of test deployments that were unsuccessful.""Jenkins is an open-source solution, and people tend to stay on the same version for a long time. When you look for an answer on Google, you often find something that doesn't relate to your implementation. The plugins are both the aspect of Jenkins and also one of the worst because the plugins can have different versions, so it's hard to figure out how to solve the problems.""It can be improved by including automated mobile reporting integrations.""Some kind of SaaS product would be helpful in providing organizational structure.""They need to improve their documentation.""Jenkins is not an easy solution to use and the configuration is not simple. They can improve the solution by adding a graphical interface that is more user-friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price of CircleCI could be less expensive."
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  • "The solution is one of the lowest costs compared to competitors."
  • "It could be cheaper because there are many solutions available in the market. We are paying yearly."
  • "Jenkins is a free open-source server."
  • "We are using the free version of Jenkins. There is not a license required to use the solution because it is open-source."
  • "We are using the freeware version of Jenkins."
  • "We are using the free version of Jenkins. There are no costs or licensing."
  • "Jenkins is a free solution, it is open source."
  • "The pricing for Jenkins is free."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The automation workflow in CircleCI related to third-party applications is very good and allows standardization of applications.
    Top Answer:The price of CircleCI could be less expensive.
    Top Answer:There needs to be some improvement in the user interface of CircleCI.
    Top Answer:When you are evaluating tools for automating your own GitOps-based CI/CD workflow, it is important to keep your requirements and use cases in mind. Tekton deployment is complex and it is not very easy… more »
    Top Answer:When we have manual tasks, we have to depend on multiple technical teams. With Jenkins, we can bring all the technologies together by the click of a button. We can see results without having to depend… more »
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    11th
    out of 36 in Build Automation
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    Comparisons
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    Average Words per Review
    131
    Rating
    8.0
    2nd
    out of 36 in Build Automation
    Views
    9,266
    Comparisons
    7,631
    Reviews
    45
    Average Words per Review
    461
    Rating
    7.8
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    Overview
    CircleCI's continuous integration and delivery platform helps software teams rapidly release code with confidence by automating the build, test, and deploy process. CircleCI offers a modern software development platform that lets teams ramp quickly, scale easily, and build confidently every day.

    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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    Sample Customers
    Shopify, Zenefits, Concur Technologies, CyberAgent
    Airial, Clarus Financial Technology, cubetutor, Metawidget, mysocio, namma, silverpeas, Sokkva, So Rave, tagzbox
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Educational Organization6%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm34%
    Computer Software Company26%
    Media Company11%
    Retailer6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise57%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise59%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise73%
    Buyer's Guide
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    CircleCI is ranked 11th in Build Automation with 1 review while Jenkins is ranked 2nd in Build Automation with 44 reviews. CircleCI is rated 8.0, while Jenkins is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of CircleCI writes "Beneficial automation workflow and valuable application standardization". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Jenkins writes "We can do whatever we want and customize as much as we wish to in any programming language". CircleCI is most compared with Tekton, TeamCity, GoCD, AWS CodePipeline and Harness, whereas Jenkins is most compared with Tekton, Bamboo, GitLab and AWS CodePipeline.

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