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GitLab vs Jenkins vs TeamCity comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of GitLab is 14.5%, down from 17.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jenkins is 10.3%, down from 12.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TeamCity is 7.2%, up from 6.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Rohit Kesharwani - PeerSpot reviewer
Improved agility and time to market with CI/CD enhancements
The CI/CD pipelines in GitLab are highly valuable. Another important feature is the single source of repository, allowing efficient repository management and source code management. GitLab provides manageability by allowing us to manage source code effectively through separate repositories. Additionally, GitLab enables the creation of individual CI/CD pipelines for each repository, making software more agile. By integrating GitLab as a DevOps platform, we have enhanced agility, improved our time to market, and different teams can work collaboratively on various projects.
Annamalai Pts - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined CI/CD pipelines with powerful integration and an easy setup
I use Jenkins as a CI/CD tool. We create pipelines using Jenkins, with stages for Maven builds, Docker image builds, SonarQube integration, and deploying the image to a Kubernetes cluster, AWS EKS Jenkins has made the developers' work very easy. They commit to the remote repository, and…
Almoeeni Fazal - PeerSpot reviewer
Impressive pipeline efficiency with helpful support and a fairly straightforward setup
We use TeamCity for the CI/CD pipeline. It is used for deploying code from the desktop to the production environment. We push our code to GitHub, which then creates a pipeline to a server using AWS, deploying automatically without errors or conflicts in GitHub branches.  We also use TeamCity's…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"GitLab's best features are continuous integration and fast deployment."
"Key features allow creation of well-presented Wiki that includes ideas, development, and domains."
"It is a speedy platform compared to the others I have used. I have also enjoyed using the platform as this solution offers a good user experience."
"The most valuable features of GitLab are ease of use and highly intuitive UI and performance."
"Continuous integration with deployment is very powerful, which is a significant reason for migrating from TFS to GitLab."
"It speeds up our development, it's faster, safer, and more convenient."
"For us, Gitlab's most valuable feature is the integration with Cypress. We're using Cypress as an automation tool, so we're using GitLab as a tool for running in parallel."
"It is very flexible and easy because you can store data on cloud."
"Distributed execution of build and test jobs."
"It can scale easily."
"Jenkins has built good plugins and has a good security platform."
"When we have manual tasks, we have to depend on multiple technical teams. With Jenkins, we can bring all the technologies together by the click of a button. We can see results without having to depend on different teams. Jenkins makes life easy for the database and DevOps teams."
"I am not aware of the available options in the market right now compared to Jenkins, but I am pretty much happy with the service that Jenkins is providing our company."
"GitHub linking is pretty good. We have a deployment application where we can run our tests and add various variables to be passed as assertions to those tests. This is pretty fluid with Jenkins."
"It is easy to use."
"We are using the open-source version and there is a lot of plugins and features that are available and it works on agents for free. In other solutions, it will cost extra to use them with the agent."
"TeamCity is a very user-friendly tool."
"Using TeamCity and emailing everyone on fail is one way to emphasize the importance of testing code and showing management why taking the time to test actually does saves time from having to fix bugs on the other end."
"TeamCity is more structured and user-friendly than other vendors."
"We would like to see better integration with other version controls, since we encountered difficulty when this we first attempted."
"Good integration with IDE and JetBrains products."
"One of the most beneficial features for us is the flexibility it offers in creating deployment steps tailored to different technologies."
"Time to deployment has been reduced in situations where we want to deploy to production or deploy breaking changes."
"I have not yet implemented the remote build feature, but this will be a big plus. We want to be able to build legacy products on a build agent without developers needing to have obsolete tool sets installed on their local PC."
 

Cons

"The solution should again offer an on-premises deployment option."
"The solution could be faster."
"We are having a few problems integrating with Jira at the moment, which is something that our IT department is investigating."
"The initial setup was quite challenging because it takes some time to understand how to pull out or push the code."
"The documentation is confusing."
"GitLab's Windows version is yet not available and having this would be an improvement."
"The self-hosted version of GitLab is not very stable when under load. It slows down and requires restarts every few days."
"It is a little complex to set up the pipelines within the solution."
"Jenkins could improve by allowing more scripting languages. We need to use Groovy scripting and it is difficult to debug and it is not ideal for creating file scripts. We tried to search for assistance but we did not find much help."
"There are some difficulties when we need to execute the DB script."
"Sometimes, random errors of metadata are not there, which causes delays. These are essentially gaps in the information being passed to the job."
"Jenkins could improve the integration with other platforms."
"This solution could be improved by removing the storage of unnecessary data such as the history of test deployments that were unsuccessful."
"The learning curve is quite steep at the moment."
"Partition security for the workflow of projects is not yet an option."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of an Artifactory (Universal artifact repository manager)."
"Integrating with certain technologies posed challenges related to time and required support from the respective technology teams to ensure smooth integration with TeamCity."
"If there was more documentation that was easier to locate, it would be helpful for users."
"I would like to see an improvement where TeamCity alerts us via email or another medium if there are discrepancies between the code in the staging environment and what has been deployed to production, such as missing updates."
"I would suggest creating simple and advanced configurations. Advanced configurations will give more customizations like Jenkins does."
"The upgrade process could be smoother. Upgrading major versions can often cause some pain."
"If TeamCity could create more out of the box solutions to make it more user friendly and create more use cases, that would be ideal."
"REST API support lacks many features in customization of builds, jobs, and settings."
"It will benefit this solution if they keep up to date with other CI/CD systems out there."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"GitLab is an open-source solution."
"GitLab's pricing is good compared to others on the market."
"Its price is fine. It is on the cheaper side and not expensive. You have to pay additionally for GitLab CI/CD minutes. Initially, we used the free version. When we ran out of GitLab minutes, we migrated to the paid version."
"The initial setup cost is excellent and you can add the premium features later."
"The solution is based on a licensing model that includes technical support and is paid annually."
"I think that we pay approximately $100 USD per month."
"The solution's standard license is paid annually. They have changed the pricing model and it used to be better. There is a free version available."
"The solution is based on a subscription model and is reasonably priced."
"We are using the free version of Jenkins. There are no costs or licensing."
"We are using the free version of Jenkins. There is not a license required to use the solution because it is open-source."
"I used the free OSS version all the time. It was enough for all my needs."
"Jenkins is open source."
"​It is free.​"
"The open-source version is free, but small companies would not be able to afford the cloud-based version."
"Jenkins is open-source, so it is free."
"Jenkins is open source and free."
"The licensing is on an annual basis."
"Start with the free tier for a few build configs and see how it works for you, then according to your scale find the enterprise license which fits you the most."
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Comparison Review

it_user184734 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 22, 2015
I generally find TeamCity a lot more intuitive than Jenkins.
Moving to TeamCity from Jenkins At work, we’re slowly migrating from Jenkins to TeamCity in the hope of ending some of our recurring problems with continuous integration. My use of Jenkins prior to this job has been almost strictly on a personal basis, although I pretty much only use Travis…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
8%
University
5%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about GitLab?
I find the features and version control history to be most valuable for our development workflow. These aspects provi...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitLab?
The pricing and cost are on par with other tools and are neither too expensive nor cheap.
What needs improvement with GitLab?
Regarding improvements, making task management is something that GitLab can potentially make easier, similar to what ...
How does Tekton compare with Jenkins?
When you are evaluating tools for automating your own GitOps-based CI/CD workflow, it is important to keep your requi...
What do you like most about Jenkins?
Jenkins has been instrumental in automating our build and deployment processes.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jenkins?
Jenkins is used in many companies to save money, especially within R&D divisions, by avoiding the expenses of pro...
What do you like most about TeamCity?
One of the most beneficial features for us is the flexibility it offers in creating deployment steps tailored to diff...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TeamCity?
Compared to new technologies, TeamCity is more expensive and is an older tool compared to tools like GitLab.
What needs improvement with TeamCity?
TeamCity's user interface could be improved; specifically, the tree structure on the homepage is not clear, making it...
 

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