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CloudBees vs JFrog Artifactory comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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 AI Software Development
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Build Automation (7th), Configuration Management (9th), Value Stream Management Software (2nd), DevSecOps (6th), AI-Augmented Software-Testing Tools (2nd), Feature Management (1st)
JFrog Artifactory
Ranking in AI Software Development
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Repository Managers (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the AI Software Development category, the mindshare of CloudBees is 0.5%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JFrog Artifactory is 0.4%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Software Development Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
JFrog Artifactory0.4%
CloudBees0.5%
Other99.1%
AI Software Development
 

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.
VB
Development Senior at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Supports a wide variety of packages with robust security features but needs tighter cloud integration
The best features of JFrog Artifactory include the core functionality of package management and software management, along with scanning capabilities to prevent vulnerabilities from being introduced. The metadata management feature was particularly useful for managing packages within JFrog Artifactory. We utilized Xray integration with JFrog Artifactory, which was instrumental in managing vulnerabilities overall. JFrog Artifactory has robust functionality in terms of access control, which helped us ensure minimal access to various artifacts. I would rate it eight out of ten because it is a great product that is widely used in the industry. It has excellent features from an artifact management perspective and maintains good integrations.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CloudBees is the Jenkins tool for building and deploying. There's open-source Jenkins, which is free and can be used by any organization, but it offers a different architecture for Jenkins. If your organization is larger, you might choose the architecture. This way, you can have different masters for different applications, and different teams can manage their masters separately. However, a single person can still control all the masters, whoever manages it for the organization."
"CloudBees is a user-friendly tool."
"CloudBees updates its features frequently, so if we need something like SSL login, they enable it."
"CloudBees is a good and efficient tool."
"It’s a very good tool for auditing your project pipelines as well."
"CloudBees assists by automating tasks, previously done manually, in the pipeline setup."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that its GUI is quite simple."
"One recent product feature that stands out is the pipeline explorer, which is providing significant value for us right now."
"HPE was using it for a lot of things, and they certainly had a massive implementation."
"JFrog Artifactory proved very helpful in supporting a variety of package types for different projects."
"As for specific outcomes about the positive impact from expanding to four or five verticals, we have achieved faster deployment speeds, faster time to market, and lower pipeline failure rates."
"Artifactory has helped us modernize, and that's something that we can't do without."
"Universal package support and custom properties help my team day-to-day by making us more efficient, as we have one tool with which all engineering teams can interact regardless of their team."
"For the most part, it's pretty stable."
"Having a standard solution such as JFrog Artifactory has affected productivity and collaboration positively."
"The package registries have been helpful. GitLab, our previous solution, wasn't managing that well."
 

Cons

"Sometimes, there are performance issues, however, they may be due to our organization's configuration."
"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."
"There could be improvements in the ease of use."
"I noticed that CloudBees runs too slowly because some applications run more than 50 pipelines."
"The user interface of CloudBees is good but could be even more intuitive. Improving the user-friendliness of the interface and having simpler setup configurations would greatly benefit new users."
"The problem with CloudBees is that when you merge it, the pipelines would randomly fail multiple times."
"A lot of stability issues are there with CloudBees."
"Improvements in resolution time may vary since every environment has different needs."
"Sometimes the documentation was sort of messy because there are many possibilities for where and how to install Artifactory."
"It's an enterprise product that acts like an enterprise product. In other words, it's not a product where they focus on user experience."
"Currently, JFrog Artifactory doesn't have AI features, which is an area they could update in the future."
"Looking back, I think the learning curve for JFrog Artifactory could be eased, and the installation process could feel less overwhelming."
"JFrog could improve this product with tighter integration capabilities."
"JFrog Artifactory could be improved for simpler workflows without dedicated infra teams or dedicated DevOps, as it could be difficult to configure."
"I would like to see written technical support instead of having to contact them directly."
"I choose a nine out of ten because, as mentioned in my previous answer, it sometimes faces performance issues due to slow repository response and long download times for artifacts, which affects overall performance."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is a bit expensive. It could be a little bit lower or have an a la carte option because, in our case, we had to go to the next version of Enterprise X because we needed one feature, which was more than three projects. We don't need all the other capabilities, but we're paying for all those. It's almost twice the cost of the previous version. So, it would be nice to have something along those lines."
"I am not aware of its cost, but it is worth investing in this. My guess is that its price is not much because we generally prefer open-source solutions, and if we are investing, we don't go for expensive ones. Our selection is based on the market demand and needs, and we invest only if something is worth the cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise12
 

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JFrog Artifactory?
I do not have much experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing, as it was set up by a different team.
What needs improvement with JFrog Artifactory?
I cannot say much about how JFrog Artifactory can be improved. I appreciate the opportunity to add more about the needed improvements, even small ones. Maybe around user experience, I think one imp...
What is your primary use case for JFrog Artifactory?
My main use case for JFrog Artifactory is hosting artifacts for products, ranging from Docker images to Helm charts, and regular binaries. I can give you a specific example of how I use JFrog Artif...
 

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Sample Customers

Capital One, PEGA, vistaprint, HSBC, BOSCH, Starbucks Coffee
Oracle, Cisco, Cars.com, Riot Games, Google, CA Technologies
Find out what your peers are saying about CloudBees vs. JFrog Artifactory and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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