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Codefresh vs IBM Rational Build Forge comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Codefresh
Ranking in Build Automation
15th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Rational Build Forge
Ranking in Build Automation
24th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Codefresh is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Rational Build Forge is 2.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Build Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Codefresh0.9%
IBM Rational Build Forge2.0%
Other97.1%
Build Automation
 

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DevOps Engineer at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
GitOps control plane has transformed deployments and now enables proactive Kubernetes visibility
While using Codefresh, I still don't see many downsides, but I would say the UI performance with large logs is an area for improvement. When a complex pipeline generates a high volume of logs, the user interface can occasionally become sluggish, jittery, or take extra seconds to render. The only downside I would say is the UI experience and its smoothness. Although the visibility into Kubernetes is excellent, I would love to see out-of-the-box cost optimization metrics. Argo CD knows how a pod is performing, its status, and its state. There should be some kind of cost optimization metrics shown on the GitOps application where we could save money or perhaps reduce the resources of a particular pod application. One improvement I would say is a promotion process between environments, from lower to upper environment. Currently, the model with complex promotion logic such as specific concurrency strategies or smart rollbacks when multiple commits hit at once can feel quite manual. I would like to see more automated promotion gates that can handle multi-cluster dependencies without needing as much custom YAML configuration.
it_user1330545 - PeerSpot reviewer
CRM Program Release Manager at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Great reporting features and very functional
The solution could be more user friendly. Trying to train somebody on it can be difficult. If you're in this field, you kind of learn the tools, but trying to show a PM how to find report sheets to pull data was difficult. I had to show them how to write the queries and pull the data that they needed. It's not a layman's solution. If you're working with a programmer or with an architect, you won't have issues trying to relay how to utilize the tool. It was for those who cut the checks where there were problems enabling them to pull the data they required. I guess the answer is DevOps, but it depends on your environment. Just being able to sign into dashboards and get accurate results was my biggest thing with my PMs on my projects. They like charts and pie graphs, the ability to see things at a glance data where they could make decisions on the fly.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Codefresh impacts my organization positively by improving security and making the time of releases much shorter and faster than the previous scenario with CI/CD implementations."
"Since switching to Codefresh, our organization has definitely seen approximately a 30 percent reduction in deployment times."
"Codefresh has positively impacted my organization; it has been amazing."
"Codefresh has positively impacted my organization by helping to deliver stories faster, minimizing defects, and deploying code quickly while completing user stories in a shorter time."
"Codefresh has helped save time, reduce errors, and improve collaboration across teams."
"Before Codefresh, we had to plan the strategy, write the configuration file, and run everything; it used to take two to three days to plan and implement, but now it is a one-time job, so it can be done in ten to fifteen minutes, which has reduced a lot of time and sped up the automation and CI/CD, requiring fewer employees."
"Very good reporting features."
"All features are useful; our customer doesn't have any complaints about the tool, and it works pretty well for what they want and what they need to do."
"I utilized the reporting features and a number of documents, as well as statuses."
 

Cons

"Codefresh can be improved with more capability inside the GCP ecosystem."
"The reason it is not a ten is because our developers who do not have Kubernetes and Docker knowledge cannot use Codefresh easily, and the configuration file we have to write is very complex, requiring prior knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker-based deployments."
"The challenge that we faced with Codefresh is that it is a complex setup."
"At this moment, I cannot think of anything about needed improvements for Codefresh."
"While using Codefresh, I still don't see many downsides, but I would say the UI performance with large logs is an area for improvement."
"Its logging can be improved. When something goes wrong, it is not always very easy to find the problem. It is hard to identify whether the problem is because of low memory in the server or some configuration in Rational Build Forge. The error logs are not very detailed, and they should provide more information. It should also have more integration with third-party tools. It would be great to have more integration with third-party tools."
"Its logging can be improved. When something goes wrong, it is not always very easy to find the problem."
"Not user friendly for the layman."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
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Top Industries

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Insurance Company
30%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
11%
Wholesaler/Distributor
8%
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Small Business2
Large Enterprise5
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Codefresh?
Codefresh can be improved by creating more integration with other tools or providers.
What is your primary use case for Codefresh?
My main use case for Codefresh is continuous integration and delivery. I use Codefresh for continuous integration and delivery in my workflow by using CI/CD pipelines to trigger builds for code and...
What advice do you have for others considering Codefresh?
I would rate Codefresh an eight out of ten because it is mostly positive. Regarding Codefresh's governance and security, I think it is pretty secure. Regarding Codefresh's accuracy and reliability ...
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