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CloudBees vs Optimizely comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

CloudBees
Ranking in Feature Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Build Automation (8th), Configuration Management (9th), Value Stream Management Software (2nd), DevSecOps (4th), AI-Augmented Software-Testing Tools (2nd), AI Software Development (11th)
Optimizely
Ranking in Feature Management
4th
Average Rating
9.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Web Analytics (13th), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Feature Management category, the mindshare of CloudBees is 17.2%, down from 29.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Optimizely is 18.2%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Feature Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CloudBees17.2%
Optimizely18.2%
Other64.6%
Feature Management
 

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.
it_user623373 - PeerSpot reviewer
AB Testing and Web Optimization Specialist at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's given us a powerful tool that's doesn't limit our test ideas by the confines of code we can or cannot use.
Ease of building the test via HTML, Java, and CSS. It's given us a powerful tool that's doesn't limit our test ideas by the confines of code we can or cannot use The thoroughness of results has helped our company make better decisions for our website. Decisions that help our customers with their…

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."
"The most beneficial aspect is that CloudBees integrates with everything, like version one, GitHub, and PDM."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its flexibility."
"CloudBees's user interface is very simple and user-friendly."
"One recent product feature that stands out is the pipeline explorer, which is providing significant value for us right now."
"CloudBees is a good and efficient tool."
"The security audit product offered by CloudBees is particularly beneficial in automating audit processes, which reduces the time developers spend on audits."
"The most valuable features are Java features, microservice communication, payment validation, Jenkins Sonar, management master to CloudBees, Blue Ocean, JobConfig, and support."
"Customer service is wonderful."
"Customer service is excellent!"
"Dead simple A/B testing with no code knoweldge needed."
"ROI: Infinite! (Got 3X conversion improvement using suggestions given by the product during the free evaluation period)"
"Optimizely is a great product that has inspired a great community and is the standard for A/B testing."
"Optimizely can work for a lot more things than only testing; it is a pretty easy yet powerful tool."
"Customer service is the best in the testing industry; transparent support along with a very strong community."
 

Cons

"When I started with CloudBees, I found the configuration at the CD level to be quite challenging when creating end-to-end orchestration or release execution flows."
"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."
"We've noticed occasional issues with folder permissions changing unexpectedly. Specifically, permissions sometimes shift from the CloudBees user to the root user. This can cause pipeline failures, as pipelines require the correct CloudBees user permissions to execute properly."
"I think a preview of the errors would be good just at the point where the error occurs."
"Sometimes, there are performance issues, however, they may be due to our organization's configuration."
"There could be improvements in the ease of use."
"The platform could integrate better with other tools and support external tools directly."
"A lot of stability issues are there with CloudBees."
"Exporting statistics provide more statistical data."
"There were previously issues with experiments saving as expected in Classic."
"Verifying goals could be easier."
"Does not allow multipage variants (i.e. allows only variants in elements inside one page)."
"Better communication with 3rd party implementation"
"When testing images or anything involving JavaScript or more than text, they can really slow down the load performance of a page."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Construction Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
 

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 Business3
Large Enterprise5
 

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...
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