Jenkins vs TeamCity vs VMware Tanzu Platform comparison

Jenkins and JetBrains are both solutions in the Build Automation category. Jenkins is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.1, while JetBrains is ranked #11 with an average rating of 6.8. Jenkins holds a 10.5% mindshare in BA, compared to JetBrains’s 7.3% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Jenkins users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of JetBrains users who would recommend it.

Jenkins

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87% willing to recommend

TeamCity

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2,025 Views
2,025 Comparison Views

90% willing to recommend

VMware Tanzu Platform

Read 22 VMware Tanzu Platform reviews

7,803 Views
312 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Jenkins, TeamCity, and VMware Tanzu Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Jenkins is 10.5%, down from 12.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TeamCity is 7.3%, up from 6.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Platform is 1.0%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Annamalai Pts

DevOps Engineer at Tech Mahindra Limited

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…

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Almoeeni Fazal

Python Django developer at Cielo WiGle Inc.

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…

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DarshanChaudhari

Solutions Architect Hybrid Cloud Practice US/Europe at Tech Mahindra Limited

Empowers seamless connectivity and integration through APIs while offering robust auto-scaling

I am involved in IT services and we provide a solution to customers. We work with VMware, Nutanix, OpenShift, and Microsoft Hyper-V The Tanzu platform is highly available, scalable, and flexible. It offers native services for autoscaling and integrations through APIs, allowing seamless…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We used it for all continuous integration parts, like automation testing, deployment, etc."

"The simplicity of Jenkins and the evolving ecosystem of Jenkins are most valuable. Today, you do not have to write a pipeline from scratch. The library functionality of Jenkins helps you to bring all those in ready-made, and you also get the best practices for them. That is a great feature of Jenkins, and that is why it is being used significantly."

"The most valuable feature of Jenkins is its continuous deployment. We can deploy to multi-cluster and multi-regions in the cloud."

"Jenkins is very user-friendly."

"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."

"I can install Jenkins for integration from multiple developers and automate application delivery, staging, and production environments."

"I like that you can find a wide range of plugins for Jenkins."

"It is open source, flexible, scalable, and easy to use. It is easy to maintain for the administrator. It is a continuous integration tool, and its enterprise version is quite mature. It has good integrations and plug-ins. Azure DevOps can also be integrated with Jenkins."

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"It is very easy to use, and its speed is impressive, allowing the code to be ready for production in seconds."

"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."

"The flexibility of TeamCity allows it to fit in workflows that I have yet to imagine."

"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."

"VCS Trigger: Provides excellent source control support."

"Time to deployment has been reduced in situations where we want to deploy to production or deploy breaking changes."

"TeamCity is a very user-friendly tool."

"TeamCity is very useful due to the fact that it has a strong plug-in system."

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"The Tanzu platform is highly available, scalable, and flexible."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ability to check the flow of all the different variants within our applications."

"The valuable feature I have found to be the management of Kubernetes clusters in a private cloud or public clouds, such as Azure or Google Cloud Platform."

"The most important thing about the solution is its flexibility."

"The Tanzu platform is highly available, scalable, and flexible."

"Tanzu is easy to upgrade and scale, whether we're talking about horizontal or vertical scaling. It is as smooth as possible without any downtime. The platform maintenance, upgrading, and operations part is very smooth."

"There are a lot of services available in VMware Tanzu Application Service, such as databases and application servers. You have everything you need in one application and you do not need to search outside of the solution."

"A feature we find valuable is that other products can also be integrated with Mission Control. This means that we can see the status of specific clusters, as well as view the monitoring application logs all from one point."

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Cons

"Jenkins can improve by continuing to add additional plugins for all the new solutions that are coming out within the cloud sphere."

"Upgrading and maintaining plugins can be painful, as sometimes upgrading a plugin can break functionality of another plugin that a job is dependent on."

"Jenkins can sometimes run slow, especially when restarting after a plugin installation or when returning from a pipeline view to the dashboard."

"The major drawback with Jenkins is the lack of support."

"UI is quite outdated."

"In our case, we have several products built using Jenkins. It is quite difficult to navigate into the latest stable build in a given OS."

"Adding support for OIDC and internal user databases simultaneously would improve Jenkins."

"The UI must be more user-friendly."

More Jenkins cons

"The UI for this solution could be improved. New users don't find it easy to navigate. The need some level of training to understand the ins and the outs."

"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."

"The integration between other solutions and TeamCity could be smoother."

"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."

"If there was more documentation that was easier to locate, it would be helpful for users."

"REST API support lacks many features in customization of builds, jobs, and settings."

"Integrating with certain technologies posed challenges related to time and required support from the respective technology teams to ensure smooth integration with TeamCity."

"Last time I used it, dotnet compilation had to be done via PowerShell scripts. There was actually a lot that had to be scripted."

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"The solution is currently focused on VMware infrastructure and I would like to see more options made available."

"The infrastructure is quite challenging."

"Another area of improvement is pricing."

"Tanzu could provide more granular control over whatever networking is being done on the containers. I would also like to see a slightly more detailed view of application-level tracing. I'm referring to the connections between different microservices. If they added a service-matching feature, that would be helpful for the customers to build or be more effective."

"One potential area for expansion would be leveraging AI capabilities, which my customer might be interested in exploring as they grow."

"Addressing the high upfront costs could improve the product. Implementing a subscription-based model with tiered service options could make it more accessible to a broader range of customers."

"Customers have noticed a considerable price increase after VMware's acquisition by Broadcom."

"We want to see a new feature that helps build more security architecture like Zero Trust Security or shifting left in Kubernetes."

More VMware Tanzu Platform cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the free version of Jenkins. There are no costs or licensing."

"Jenkins is a free open-source server."

"Jenkins is open source."

"I used the free OSS version all the time. It was enough for all my needs."

"Jenkins is open source and free."

"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."

"We are using the freeware version of Jenkins."

"Some of the add-ons are too expensive."

More Jenkins pricing and cost advice

"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."

"Its pricing is very competitive. We get around 70% or 75%, sometimes even 80%, discount on the product. I would rate it a four out of five in terms of pricing."

"The product is not expensive, but it is not cheap."

"The license for VMware Tanzu Application Service is expensive. The license should be cheaper."

"I would recommend that businesses look into the full price for their requirements. The price is high, but there are some open-source add-ons that can be used for customization while keeping costs down, although these might not be suitable for everyone."

"The licensing cost is expensive."

"The least expensive licensing cost for VMware is around $350 per core."

"It is not the most expensive option, and I believe the capabilities align well with the value it provides."

"One of our Spanish customers told us that VMware Tanzu Service Mesh is a very expensive product for their data center."

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Comparison Review

it_user184734

Systems Administrator at Facebook

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…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Government

Financial Services Firm

25%

Computer Software Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

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 requi...

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What do you like most about Jenkins?

Jenkins has been instrumental in automating our build and deployment processes.

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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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Which is better - OpenShift Container Platform or VMware Tanzu Mission Control?

Red Hat Openshift is ideal for organizations using microservices and cloud environments. I like that the platform is ...

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What do you like most about VMware Tanzu Mission Control?

It definitely gives the end customer a good overview and perspective of running applications in terms of overall work...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Tanzu Mission Control?

The price of VMware Tanzu Mission Control is greater than that of Red Hat's competitor solution. I would rate the pri...

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Comparisons

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 41% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Rancher Labs vs VMware Tanzu Platform

Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

Red Hat OpenShift vs VMware Tanzu Platform

Compared 10% of the time

Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE vs VMware Tanzu Platform

Compared 10% of the time

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform vs VMware Tanzu Platform

Compared 7% of the time

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VMware Tanzu Platform

June 2025

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Also Known As

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Tanzu Application Catalog, Application Platform, Application Service, Hub, Mission Control, Service Mesh, Build Service, Concourse for VMware Tanzu

Overview

Jenkins is an award-winning application that monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a software project or jobs run by cron.

Jenkins

TeamCity is a Continuous Integration and Deployment server that provides out-of-the-box continuous unit testing, code quality analysis, and early reporting on build problems. A simple installation process lets you deploy TeamCity and start improving your release management practices in a matter of minutes. TeamCity supports Java, .NET and Ruby development and integrates perfectly with major IDEs, version control systems, and issue tracking systems.

JetBrains

VMware Tanzu Platform is designed for cloud-native development and management of Kubernetes, CI/CD processes, microservices, and containerized workloads. It supports deployments both on cloud and on-premises, providing centralized management via Mission Control.

VMware Tanzu Platform offers seamless integration with vSphere, ESX, and vSAN, supporting centralized cluster management and lifecycle management. The platform provides a GUI for monitoring CI/CD pipelines and network policies, enhancing multi-tenancy and Day 2 operations. Users can easily manage Kubernetes clusters, monitor applications, and integrate with tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Cloud Foundry, and Azure. It ensures compliance and security for service providers, financial institutions, and businesses.

What are the key features of VMware Tanzu Platform?

Integration with vSphere, ESX, and vSAN: Enhances compatibility and flexibility.
Seamless Cluster Management: Centralized control over Kubernetes clusters.
CI/CD Pipelines and Network Policies: Simplifies monitoring and management.
Multi-tenancy Support: Facilitates resource sharing among multiple users.
Comprehensive Lifecycle Management: Streamlines deployment and scalability.
Observability Platform: Provides enhanced visibility and control.

What benefits and ROI should users look for in VMware Tanzu Platform reviews?

Centralized Management: Simplifies operations and reduces manual effort.
Enhanced Compliance and Security: Meets regulatory requirements.
Flexibility in Deployment: Supports both cloud and on-premises options.
Seamless Integration: Works with multiple vendors and tools.
Developer-Friendly Environment: Improves productivity and innovation.

Industries such as financial institutions, service providers, and businesses requiring rigorous compliance and security deploy VMware Tanzu Platform. These entities benefit from centralized management, streamlined DevOps processes, and integrated tools, enhancing their capabilities in cloud-native developments and containerized workloads.

VMware

Sample Customers

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

Toyota, Xerox, Apple, MIT, Volkswagen, HP, Twitter, Expedia

Verizon, Cerner, Zipcar, Avarteq

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