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CloudBees vs ServiceNow DevOps comparison

 

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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 Value Stream Management Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Build Automation (6th), Configuration Management (10th), DevSecOps (4th), AI-Augmented Software-Testing Tools (2nd), Feature Management (1st), AI Software Development (9th)
ServiceNow DevOps
Ranking in Value Stream Management Software
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Value Stream Management Software category, the mindshare of CloudBees is 4.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow DevOps is 8.5%, up from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Value Stream Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CloudBees4.8%
ServiceNow DevOps8.5%
Other86.7%
Value Stream Management Software
 

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.
AA
Category Manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Automation has reduced operational workload and supports multi-tenant service integration
There are two things I would improve in ServiceNow DevOps in the future. First, we are integrating it with AI solutions that we have. Secondly, in the multi-tenant environment, we are trying to do packages of services to be able to sell to customers directly only pieces of the services. We are not trying to integrate each time and communicate each time as we change the customer or have a new customer. We are trying to make a portfolio, try and buy, and then directly a buy environment implemented automatically and integrated with the customer. This is something that we are implementing now. More than a year ago since I worked with ServiceNow Discovery. ServiceNow DevOps is a good integration tool. The only thing is I have to spend time to do it, but that is my job.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's most valuable feature is its flexibility."
"CloudBees updates its features frequently, so if we need something like SSL login, they enable it."
"CloudBees assists by automating tasks, previously done manually, in the pipeline setup."
"I find the automation feature most valuable. CloudBees is highly scalable and supports both small and large teams. The deployment process is also faster when compared to on-premise."
"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."
"Scalability largely depends on how the tool is set up within your infrastructure"
"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."
"It's very user-friendly. It has a reporting side that is very automated. There are a lot of things that you can automate using that tool."
"It is a very stable and reliable product."
"The API part of the solution is very easy to integrate with CI/CD tools, which helps our company achieve our goals related to the integration part."
"We use it for a lot of things, and it is really good for our use cases. We use it for our help desk and knowledge management, which is really good. When it comes to modules, it has an incident module, which is really good for us in terms of tracking our cases and incidents. Its change management module is really good, and it also has customization capabilities."
"ServiceNow DevOps has helped to streamline operations; for example, we have been investing in automation tasks in our solution, reducing operational costs around 33% of the initial costing for some customers, automating around 25% of the operational tasks, and achieving automated resolution for 25% of the incidents while getting correlation of different incidents around 98% of the full stack events."
"We use the solution for our entire internal idea simulator, with new feature functionality, ID, and product management development."
"I have found the ease of CACD integration to be the most valuable feature."
"It is a very capable and significant product that we utilize within the company, and it has absolutely improved the way our organization functions."
 

Cons

"There are connection issues with CloudBees, specifically between Sybase and CloudBees. W"
"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."
"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."
"A lot of stability issues are there with CloudBees."
"The setup is somewhat complicated. You need a cloud architect and engineer to set it up properly. The initial setup will take time, so you need a good engineer and architect to handle it."
"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."
"Sometimes, there are performance issues, however, they may be due to our organization's configuration."
"Pricing is our biggest concern with the solution."
"The pricing and licensing of ServiceNow DevOps is always too high for me."
"Technical support is bad and this is an area which needs improvement. It's easier for me to figure out the solution by Googling and checking out certain forums."
"From a documentation point of view, there are certain areas of concern, and improvements are to be made to make the documentation part clearer and crisper."
"Its performance is really bad. When you're on the hosted cloud, it gives you the time it takes for a transaction to happen, and it takes anything from 20 seconds to a minute, which is a really long time. Something that is really annoying in this solution is that when you click on the Back button to go back, you don't go back to the previous screen. You go back all the way to the homepage. It is really annoying and painful. Its UI is also pretty dated. It is very customizable, but the customization seems to be clunky. We have a separate team that owns the ServiceNow implementation. They control how it is customized. Its customizations are pretty extensive, and it takes us a while to get them done, which is painful. That could be because of our internal team, as opposed to the product itself. When it comes to DevOps, there are better solutions such as Atlassian and Azure DevOps. ServiceNow DevOps is an ITIL product that is trying to be something else. DevOps is not its prime purpose, even though it is capable of doing that. Trying to be too many things by one platform is not a good idea. They should focus on the ITIL space and not get into all other spaces."
"From more of a business perspective, the pricing could be better because I have tried to sell the performance analytics side, but it's very expensive, so the company decided not to purchase it."
"When it comes to DevOps, there are better solutions such as Atlassian and Azure DevOps."
"The roles for the ServiceNow administration side could be improved. I think they could be more specific or add the descriptions for the different roles."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's very expensive, so some organizations can't afford the additional license."
"Though it is an expensive solution, it is an affordable one, in my opinion."
"We consider the pricing to be inordinately expensive and may deter others from choosing the solution"
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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
16%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Insurance Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

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 Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
 

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 needs improvement with ServiceNow DevOps?
There are two things I would improve in ServiceNow DevOps in the future. First, we are integrating it with AI solutions that we have. Secondly, in the multi-tenant environment, we are trying to do ...
What is your primary use case for ServiceNow DevOps?
I have integrated ServiceNow DevOps with Git, Jenkins, or Jira in my development process for several customers. We integrate directly with the tools in some cases, and in other cases we use somethi...
What advice do you have for others considering ServiceNow DevOps?
I will send feedback. I will try to provide more information, but I need to know the website where I can check the number of products at this moment. I was testing different ticketing tools. We hav...
 

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Sample Customers

Capital One, PEGA, vistaprint, HSBC, BOSCH, Starbucks Coffee
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