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Jenkins vs LaunchDarkly comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

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
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
LaunchDarkly
Ranking in Build Automation
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Jenkins is 10.3%, down from 12.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LaunchDarkly is 0.7%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Build Automation
 

Featured Reviews

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…
Ramya Nallamsetty - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables us to target users and control what needs to be visible on their screens but it sometimes breaks down
We use LaunchDarkly for managing feature flags. It helps manage the keys to control what users view on our screens By managing the feature flags, we can target users and control what needs to be visible on their screens. I like that it offers the ability to control the flags. We need experience…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We have started to integrate Pipelines as a part of a build, and built a library of common functions. It simplified and made our build scripts more readable."
"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."
"It's very easy to learn."
"Has a good interface, is reliable and saves time."
"The most valuable features of Jenkins are the integration of automatic scripts for testing and the user's ability to use any script."
"Jenkins is very customizable."
"We significantly reduced build times of large projects (more than 80k lines of Scala code) using build time on Jenkins as a time sample. It reduced the developer write-test-commit cycle time, and increased productivity."
"Having builds and test tasks triggered on commit helps not to break the product."
"The ability to turn off a flag is crucial when a task is not complete, especially if there is an error in a commit."
"I appreciate that we can release any feature in production and maintain control over it."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"From the development side, it allows us to manage multiple things."
"It has really helped during the series of product lines and faster deployment and faster development."
"I like that it offers the ability to control the flags."
"The setup is easy."
 

Cons

"It can be improved by including automated mobile reporting integrations."
"Jenkins needs a faster deployment process."
"It does not have a very user-friendly interface."
"It could be cheaper."
"Jenkins is an open-source solution, and people tend to stay on the same version for a long time. When you look for an answer on Google, you often find something that doesn't relate to your implementation. The plugins are both the aspect of Jenkins and also one of the worst because the plugins can have different versions, so it's hard to figure out how to solve the problems."
"I sometimes face a bottleneck when installing the plugins on an offline machine. Mapping the dependencies and then installing the correct sequence of dependencies is a nightmare, and it took me two days to do it."
"Performance-wise. This needs to be improved. Not only performance-wise, some functionality or some features can be added to Jenkins."
"The disadvantage of Jenkins is writing Groovy scripts. There are other CI tools where you do not need to write this many scripts to manage and deploy."
"The feature where one feature flag is dependent on another could be explored more for our usage."
"I have used LaunchDarkly for around two and a half years and I haven't faced any issues with it."
"I strongly believe they need to develop a strategy for handling situations where LaunchDarkly goes down."
"Right now, no improvements are needed."
"Fetching information about multiple flags in a single action would be beneficial."
"We need experience to use it, and the initial setup can be difficult. Also, sometimes it has breakdowns."
"When the system has an excessive number of feature flags, managing them can become cumbersome."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is an open-source solution for the basic features. However, if an organization wishes to include specific functionality, outside of the basic package, there are extra costs involved."
"​It is free.​"
"We are using the freeware version of Jenkins."
"It is an open source."
"It is a free product."
"Jenkins is an open-source tool."
"We are using the free version of Jenkins. There are no costs or licensing."
"The solution is open source."
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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
21%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Government
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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 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 proprietary tools.
What needs improvement with LaunchDarkly?
We need experience to use it, and the initial setup can be difficult. Also, sometimes it has breakdowns. I would rate LaunchDarkly a seven out of ten.
What is your primary use case for LaunchDarkly?
We use LaunchDarkly for managing feature flags. It helps manage the keys to control what users view on our screens.
 

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