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JRebel vs Jenkins 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

Jenkins
Ranking in Build Automation
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
JRebel
Ranking in Build Automation
30th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Jenkins is 9.9%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JRebel is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Build Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Jenkins9.9%
JRebel0.9%
Other89.2%
Build Automation
 

Featured Reviews

JI
Principal Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Efficient resource allocation and robust workflow with autoscaling capabilities
In Kubernetes, we use node-based architecture with nodes and pods and follow practices like RBAC and rollback. Multiple pods can run concurrently. We benefit from Kubernetes' ability to autoscale pods and use horizontal pod autoscalers to adjust the number of pods based on metrics like CPU or memory usage, ensuring efficient resource allocation and stability under load.
it_user177786 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Easy to configure, works well, has 'free' options (like Social)
Easy to configure, works well, has 'free' options (like Social) It gets the used time for redeploy in a development environment really fast and of course that's a good point. Development environment I had a little problem in redeploying applications using a specific…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Jenkins is its open source."
"There are a large number of plugins available for integration with third party systems."
"Jenkins's automation and orchestration features have significantly improved workflows by automating various processes. Initially, it did not support YAML manifesting or GitOps, but recent versions have introduced these capabilities. Now, the tool supports importing manifest files from Git repositories, enabling the implementation of GitOps pipelines. Compared to other tools like GitLab, it has become a mature tool for running CI/CD pipelines."
"Jenkins has built good plugins and has a good security platform."
"It can scale easily."
"Using Jenkins we have configured and automated the complete build procedure."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that there are multiple features, as we can abstract certain variables and then build our deployment routine while being able to do some abstraction onto the SSH connections."
"Jenkins allows us to automate deployment, so I no longer have to do it manually. That's the primary use case. The other advantage of Jenkins is that it's open source. It was free for me to download and install. It's a product that's been in use for many years, so I can find a lot of support online for any issues that I may encounter while configuring anything for a given use case."
"Easy to configure, works well, has 'free' options (like Social)."
 

Cons

"Partition security for the workflow of projects is not yet an option."
"For automation tests, Jenkins nodes some times experience instability."
"They need more useful tutorials about how to write database related plugins."
"Occasional technical glitches after upgrades."
"Jenkins should adopt the Pipeline as Code approach by building a deployment pipeline using the Jenkins file."
"It could be cheaper."
"They need to improve their documentation."
"Adding support for OIDC and internal user databases simultaneously would improve Jenkins."
"I had a little problem in redeploying applications using a specific framework (reactor + spring) in a Maven multi-module project."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's free software with a big community behind it, which is very good."
"We use the tool's open-source version which is free. There is an enterprise version which is expensive but comes with better support."
"Some of the add-ons are too expensive."
"It is an open source."
"It is a free product."
"The tool is open-source."
"Jenkins is open source."
"We are using the free version of Jenkins. There are no costs or licensing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise58
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Questions from the Community

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 requirements and use cases in mind. Tekton deployment is complex and it is not very e...
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 proprietary tools.
What needs improvement with Jenkins?
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Sample Customers

Airial, Clarus Financial Technology, cubetutor, Metawidget, mysocio, namma, silverpeas, Sokkva, So Rave, tagzbox
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