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Performance Test Line manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
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Easy to use, effective plugins, and straightforward installation
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of Jenkins are its ease of use and good plugins available. You are able to connect to a lot of solutions."
  • "Jenkins can improve by continuing to add additional plugins for all the new solutions that are coming out within the cloud sphere."

What is our primary use case?

When have to execute continuous testing with schedules and after test, if we want to run additional validation and verification we use Jenkins. 

Jenkin can do additional validation of our test executions of the results and collects data points.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of Jenkins are its ease of use and good plugins available. You are able to connect to a lot of solutions.

What needs improvement?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Jenkins for approximately two years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of Jenkins has been good in my usage.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Jenkins has been scalable.

How are customer service and support?

I have not needed to contact the support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have previously used Bamboo, but it is a smaller solution than Jenkins.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Jenkins is straightforward. The process took a couple of minutes.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We are using the freeware version of Jenkins.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend Jenkins to others.

I rate Jenkins a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Technical Content Writer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Easy to use, stable, and scalable, but needs better pricing
Pros and Cons
  • "It is easy to use."
  • "It could be cheaper."

What is our primary use case?

Our company is in development. We provide development solutions for our clients. 

Jenkins is a code repository. We use it for the code repository.

What is most valuable?

It is easy to use.

What needs improvement?

It could be cheaper.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for four or five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

 It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable. Currently, we have around 67 or 70 users. We have plans to increase its usage.

How are customer service and technical support?

I didn't interact with them. Other people take care of this.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used GitHub.

How was the initial setup?

It is easy to install.

What about the implementation team?

There were other developers who installed it. For deployment and maintenance, we have a team in which everyone has a role. They do their own thing.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It could be cheaper because there are many solutions available in the market. We are paying yearly.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution. I would rate Jenkins a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Lead solution architect at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
A scalable open source automation server that is easy to use

What is our primary use case?

We use it as a pipeline and for the whole development life-cycle. We even built the whole infrastructure and use it with cloud formation. In AWS, we use it with cloud formation when we build the infrastructure as a code.

What is most valuable?

It's fantastic. I like it, and I have no problem with it. It's very small, easy to use, and very straightforward.

What needs improvement?

It would help if they offered more integrations.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Jenkins for about two years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's very flexible, and you can add a lot of applications there to develop and more. We have about five guys using it, but we also have a very big development team with over 50 developers.

How was the initial setup?

I installed it a couple of times, and the initial setup was easy. I didn't have any difficulties when it came to deployment.

What about the implementation team?

I installed Jenkins by myself.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution, but it depends on the project. It has a lot of support, and it's been in the market for a long time. Many big organizations also use it.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Jenkins a nine.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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DevOps Consultant at Nissan Digital
Real User
Plenty of plugins, automatic configurations, and easy to use
Pros and Cons
  • "The automated elements are easy to use and you can put them into your server."
  • "The scriptwriting process could be improved in this solution in the future."

What is most valuable?

In this solution, you can write scripts and put job parameters in them with time and dates when to activate. We can create a web book that is automatically configured. The automated elements are easy to use and you can put them into your server. Additionally, there are plenty of plugins available. You can use the plugins to push your code into a target or container. There are many features available in this solution.

What needs improvement?

The scriptwriting process could be improved in this solution in the future.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for one and a half years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not had any issues with scaling the solution.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have previously used Bamboo and it is really easy to use, user-friendly, and the UI well designed. The control output of Bamboo is highly interactive for the user. 

I have also previously used Sonar but it is a lot different than this solution and Bamboo.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is one of the lowest costs compared to competitors.

What other advice do I have?

When selecting a solution I would advise checking their budget, the volume size they are performing, and what full-stack they are performing on. Based on this information, they can better determine what solution is best for them. If they have a low budget this solution would be great for them. 

I rate Jenkins an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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CTO at Redsis
Real User
In addition to our automation pipeline, we use it to generate documentation for all our software
Pros and Cons
  • "Jenkins is very stable."
  • "The documentation could be more friendly, and more examples of how to use it."

What is our primary use case?

We use a Hybrid cloud. We are deploying internally on our own servers i.e. our virtual servers in Microsoft Azure. We have 6 engineers using Jenkins Primer. It is only for internal use. We use it for the automation pipeline in our development of software. It compiles and moves the software to deployment in the Microsoft Azure cloud. We also use Jenkins to generate documentation for all the software.

What needs improvement?

The documentation could be more friendly, and more examples of how to use it. This would make for easier implementation in several environments.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Jenkins is very stable.

How are customer service and technical support?

We read all the documentation. We also took online training on the internet, which included videos and training tasks. It takes some study and learning, but we don't experience any technical problems.

How was the initial setup?

It took a few weeks for the initial installation of the Jenkins server to set up the development virtual pipeline.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was undertaken by developers and other internal staff.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Jenkins 9 out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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Manager at Al-kiswani
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Top 20
Open source, flexible, scalable, and easy to use, but needs scheduling features
Pros and Cons
  • "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."
  • "Its schedule builds need improvement. It should have scheduling features in the platform rather than using external plug-ins."

What is our primary use case?

We used it for continuous integration and had its latest version in the previous organization. I am now using Azure DevOps.

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

Its schedule builds need improvement. It should have scheduling features in the platform rather than using external plug-ins.

For how long have I used the solution?

I used this solution for around one and a half years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable. We had five users of this solution.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were using another solution from Automic.

How was the initial setup?

It is easy and quick to install. It took us less than an hour.

What about the implementation team?

I installed it. You just need a single resource for its deployment and maintenance.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is no cost. It is open source.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution. It is good for small companies but not for big companies. It has a good interface and was easy to customize. We were also using another plug-in to enhance the user interface.

I would rate Jenkins a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Software Developer at R.L. Heavey & Co Ltd
Real User
Streamlines automated testing and building of release candidates, good support material available
Pros and Cons
  • "A lot of support material exists via a single web search of exactly what you're looking for."
  • "I think an integrated help button, that respected the context of the change/work in hand, would be a worthwhile improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for repeatable testing of code for regression and design conformance in a medical and scientific environment.

How has it helped my organization?

Jenkins has allowed for streamlined automated testing, building, and smoke testing of release candidates.

What is most valuable?

A lot of support material exists via a single web search of exactly what you're looking for.

What needs improvement?

I think an integrated help button, that respected the context of the change/work in hand, would be a worthwhile improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for four years.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Senior IT Professional at Novabase
Real User
Fully integrates with many other solutions for more effective ALM
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features are Jenkins Pipelines for ALM and full Deploy Cycle."
  • "Better and easy-to-use integration with Docker would be an improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for Build & Deploy Automation. It is integrated with Git or TFS, Nexus and Ansible for deploying to premises servers in Linux or Windows.

How has it helped my organization?

This solution provides us more effective ALM and deployment automation compared to the previous solution with Serena (now Micro Focus) Dimensions CM.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are Jenkins Pipelines for ALM and full Deploy Cycle. This solution fully integrates with a lot of other solutions like Git, TFS, Nexus, SonarQube, etc.

What needs improvement?

I would like to have more Steps commands for better integration with other platforms.

Better and easy-to-use integration with Docker would be an improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for three years.
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