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CloudBees vs Digital.ai Release comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

CloudBees
Ranking in Build Automation
6th
Ranking in DevSecOps
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (10th), Value Stream Management Software (2nd), AI-Augmented Software-Testing Tools (2nd), Feature Management (1st), AI Software Development (9th)
Digital.ai Release
Ranking in Build Automation
15th
Ranking in DevSecOps
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Release Automation (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of CloudBees is 2.9%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Digital.ai Release is 2.7%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Build Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CloudBees2.9%
Digital.ai Release2.7%
Other94.4%
Build Automation
 

Featured Reviews

KishoreKumar4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Qe Lead at Cognizant
Consistent automation has improved deployments and supports efficient client-facing workflows
Deployment and other processes are feasible for me, making this a smooth process. The integration part is good. We can use multiple things by integrating with CI/CD pipelines, and this is very feasible for us. This allows us to do our work easily. The productivity is very good. CloudBees is a good and efficient tool. We can work in client-facing scenarios, and since clients have provided these types of tools, we are able to work on them effectively.
Jeanne-Mari Chandran - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Configuration Specialist at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Experience seamless project management and integration with robust tools
The features I find most valuable in Digital.ai Release are the integration with MS Teams, because we have MS Teams channels that publish or push notifications to that. When we start deployments, it sends a notification to the people that we are doing a deployment to their environment. It notifies them when the deployment is started, completed, or if attention is required. I also appreciate the fact that it has plugins for Bamboo and I use lots of Gradle and JSON scripts, and we do SQL upgrades as well, triggering Flyway scripts via Bamboo, along with the integration with XLD and Jira; it's all Atlassian software. Regarding environment management capabilities, Digital.ai Release is mostly useful for me, as it is more application related and that is managed via my XLD dictionary. We have one artifact that is environment agnostic, which has placeholders that correspond to my XLD keys and values, and at deployment time, it substitutes the placeholders with those environment specific values. We don't need to make a specific deployment artifact for dev, test, or production; it is all the same artifact using environment variables, ensuring what we take to production is what was tested.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CloudBees updates its features frequently, so if we need something like SSL login, they enable it."
"It’s a very good tool for auditing your project pipelines as well."
"The most beneficial aspect is that CloudBees integrates with everything, like version one, GitHub, and PDM."
"CloudBees is a user-friendly tool."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that its GUI is quite simple."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its flexibility."
"One recent product feature that stands out is the pipeline explorer, which is providing significant value for us right now."
"CloudBees operates seamlessly. Deploying to a cluster is straightforward—just one click, and the job is done."
"The orchestration, building the release, and then just executing it and managing that pipeline — the orchestration capabilities are great for that."
"The most valuable feature of Digital.ai Release is its ability to communicate with various deployment systems, such as XLD and batch deployments, as well as integrate with tools, such as Flyway and Bamboo. We use Bamboo as our build orchestrator, and Digital.ai Release also integrates with Jira, another Atlassian solution. These capabilities make it a powerful tool for managing workflow, test automation, and other processes."
"Overall, I would give Digital.ai Release a rating of nine out of ten; there's always room for improvement, but it's really good."
"The solution can apply one template across multiple applications."
"Since using Digital.ai Release, time has been saved, money has been saved, and staffing requirements have been reduced."
"Overall, it's been a good experience."
"The time is also reduced because the manual work has tremendously decreased. We just have to click one button, and it will create everything for us."
 

Cons

"For CloudBees, I can suggest that the log is very high, which is very hectic for us when trying to find which error is coming."
"I think a preview of the errors would be good just at the point where the error occurs."
"One challenge I'd like to highlight is that with CloudBees CI growing bigger and bigger, there are limitations in terms of managing old plugins and services and upgrading them with time."
"It could improve the document upload process."
"The problem with CloudBees is that when you merge it, the pipelines would randomly fail multiple times."
"To use the tool, you need to be familiar with the tool itself and with how it will be incorporated into the culture."
"The platform could integrate better with other tools and support external tools directly."
"If you're logged in and working for about thirty minutes and then go idle for five to ten minutes, Jenkins will prompt you to re-authenticate."
"One improvement for Digital.ai Release could be to simplify the user interface for beginners."
"The backfill could be improved, we could automate that. Right now it's subjective — it's up to the lead developer's memory to remember to backfill."
"I would like to improve Digital.ai Release by exploring its cloud capabilities as we are currently in the middle of migrating to the cloud, but I actually have no idea what Digital.ai's cloud capabilities are."
"Overall, the price is just too high; especially considering we're in the middle of a pandemic."
"Digital.ai Release could improve by having a better plugin that works with Guardian that we use for mainframe migrations. If there could be an interface or plugin for Guardian that would be beneficial."
"Currently, we put artifact details manually. What we could improve, in our case, is the deployment instruction base. Developers input all the information, including which artifact and where it needs to be deployed. What Digital.ai could do is automatically go to the deployment instruction page, take those artifact details, and implement them."
"The solution is a little bit expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"Overall, the price is just too high; especially considering we're in the middle of a pandemic."
"The solution's license includes all features."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Construction Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
30%
Computer Software Company
10%
Insurance Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with CloudBees?
For CloudBees, I can suggest that the log is very high, which is very hectic for us when trying to find which error is coming. This creates complexity. If possible, we could sort the logs so we can...
What is your primary use case for CloudBees?
We use CloudBees for deploying the code in higher environments, such as QA, C2, staging, and production.
What advice do you have for others considering CloudBees?
We can upload the JAR file and deploy at the Jenkins level during our deployment. These types of labels and IDs can be deployed using CloudBees. Once we click to start the build, it automatically r...
What do you like most about Digital.ai Release ?
The time is also reduced because the manual work has tremendously decreased. We just have to click one button, and it will create everything for us.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Digital.ai Release ?
Digital.ai Release is affordable in terms of pricing and setup cost. The integration was easy, and the pricing was good, though not ideal for small teams.
What needs improvement with Digital.ai Release ?
One improvement for Digital.ai Release could be to simplify the user interface for beginners. New users may take time to understand release pipelines and templates, so more guided onboarding tutori...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

No data available
XL Release, XebiaLabs XL Release
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Capital One, PEGA, vistaprint, HSBC, BOSCH, Starbucks Coffee
3M, GE, John Deere, Deutsche Telekom, Cable & Wireless, Xerox, and Société Générale, Liberty Mutual, EA, Rabobank
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