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Jenkins vs Nx comparison

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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
Nx
Ranking in Build Automation
26th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Jenkins is 10.0%, up from 9.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nx is 1.2%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Build Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Jenkins10.0%
Nx1.2%
Other88.8%
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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.
reviewer2088321 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Associate at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Easy to use and works right away
There are aspects of Nx that could be improved, particularly the desktop interface, which I find quite unappealing, mostly in black and white. I used Nx in the past on an older Mac, and it seemed more accessible then. The challenge lies in the small space and difficulties in saving. If these issues can be addressed, Nx could become a more user-friendly and effective solution. In the future, to improve Nx, I think enhancing the partition manager in TDE would be beneficial. Currently, it lacks features like specifying the Mount Point, which is important for organizing the root and other directories. The Nx Partition Manager does a decent job, but there is room for improvement. Additionally, it would be great if the installation process could provide more details on what Nx is doing, especially regarding networking setups.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"There is a cost saving by using Jenkins because instead, we do not have to depend on the public cloud or any private cloud CI tools."
"Being able to test builds for each branch before it is merged to mainstream branch helped to improve stability of the app and have faster develop-test iterations."
"The performance is fine, and with the huge chunk of connectors that it has, you can literally connect to anything and add anything in the pipeline, with connector parts seamlessly able to integrate into different products and systems."
"Has enabled full automation of the company."
"There are a large number of plugins available for integration with third party systems."
"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."
"The most valuable features are Jenkins Pipelines for ALM and full Deploy Cycle."
"The most valuable features of Jenkins are its ease of use and good plugins available, and you are able to connect to a lot of solutions."
"I really like Nx because it is easy to use and works right away."
 

Cons

"Many of the plugins needs to be streamlined, their terminology needs to be the same and some plugins should be split into multiple smaller plugins."
"Jenkins has no pipelines support by default."
"Pipelines are still young and promising. But this part still has some room for improvement."
"There are a lot of things that they can try to improvise. They can reduce a lot of configurations."
"The UI must be more user-friendly."
"There are a lot of things that they can try to improvise. They can reduce a lot of configurations. It is currently supporting Groovy for scripting. It would be really good if it can be improvised for Python because, for most of the automation, we have Python as a script. It would be good if can also support Python. We have a lot of Android builds. These Android builds can be a part of Jenkins. It can have some plug-ins or configurations for Android builds. There should also be some internal matrix to check the performance. We also want to have more REST API support, which is currently not much in Jenkins. We are not able to get more information about running Jenkins. More REST API support should be provided."
"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."
"The documentation could be more friendly, and more examples of how to use it."
"There are aspects of Nx that could be improved, particularly the desktop interface, which I find quite unappealing, mostly in black and white."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is one of the lowest costs compared to competitors."
"It could be cheaper because there are many solutions available in the market. We are paying yearly."
"Jenkins is not expensive and reasonably priced."
"We are using the free version of Jenkins. There are no costs or licensing."
"In our company, we do pay for the licensing of the solution."
"It is a free product."
"​It is free.​"
"It is an open source."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
8%
University
5%
 

Company Size

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

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jenkins?
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