# Buddy Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Buddy the right Continuous Integration solution for you? Explore 176 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/157673/Buddy/reviews --- Buddy 4.8 (176) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/157673/Buddy/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Buddy Ease of use 4.8 Customer Service 4.6 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews BA Benjir A Web DeveloperComputer Software, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “With lightning-fast builds, seamless integrations, and top-notch customer support, Buddy.Works transforms complex workflows into a smooth, efficient process.“ November 2, 2024 Łukasz G Development managerInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Occasionally, there are problems with the cache, and I must run the pipeline one more time with cache clearing.“ June 5, 2024 an andy n Head of CloudHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “You can use the intuitive GUI to quickly build out your pipelines and then bring it under source control with a couple of clicks.“ December 4, 2024 SH Suroor H Senior EngineerComputer Software, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Shared variable management can sometimes be tricky, especially when you have multiple pipelines.“ August 7, 2023 an andy n Head of CloudHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I have used many DevOps platforms in business ranging from small startups to massive global companies and Buddy is my personal favorite.“ December 4, 2024 Lachlan d Lead DeveloperInformation Technology and Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Sometimes our development processes fail unexpectedly, likely a system layer problem beyond our access.“ December 5, 2023 IB Ivan B Software EngineerBanking, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “It helps me manage new releases and bug fixes easily.“ July 22, 2024 RK Ralf K ManagerInformation Technology and Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “There's about 2h a day their support works, you have to wait for hours to get any response. And once you do 99% of those responses are "not our fault, try removing all projects, all integrations and try again".“ July 11, 2022 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 176 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Łukasz G. Development manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great tool fo CI/CD" June 5, 2024 5.0 This is a great choice for continuous integration and continuous delivery for small teams and developers. Pros The Buddy interface is comfortable. Pipelines configuration is easy. You can customize pipelines in the UI or in YAML files. Cons Occasionally, there are problems with the cache, and I must run the pipeline one more time with cache clearing. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing Buddy Easy of use, simple and clean user interface. Switched from [Bamboo](https://www.capterra.com/p/253795/Bamboo/) Bamboo was outdated and I was using Buddy already on my private projects. Review Source aN andy N. Head of Cloud Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Just try it, you will love it! " December 4, 2024 5.0 I have used many DevOps platforms in business ranging from small startups to massive global companies and Buddy is my personal favorite. It is simply a nice product to use and you have far more "oh awesome" moments then "$@!?$" moments then with any other tools. Pros Buddy is elegant. It has the ability to do complicated things in simple intuitive ways. The combination of being able to hybrid YAML and GUI is a great example. You can use the intuitive GUI to quickly build out your pipelines and then bring it under source control with a couple of clicks. The GUI still works for read only making it easily accessible to less pipeline technical folks while also giving those maintaining the pipeline all the benefits of "as code". Cons The dedicated number of workers and price per work is a shame in a cloud world. Would be neat if it was just based on compute hours etc. but maybe with some kind of fair usage policy for concurrency Alternatives considered [Buildkite](https://www.capterra.com/p/218862/Buildkite/) Reason for choosing Buddy The usability of buddy was far superior and it had richer features. Switched from [CircleCI](https://www.capterra.com/p/150380/CircleCI/) Better overall product with more features we required Review Source RK Ralf K. Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "This is a toy that you can use for a hobby project" July 11, 2022 1.0 Absolutely avoid. Spent last year trying to make it work and now the cost of keeping it alive is just too big so swapping as we speak. Last response from support I had... oh wait, I didn't have any. Pros WHEN it works, it has a few good features. It allows you to a basic CI/CD for a small projects, that's about it. Cons There's about 2h a day their support works, you have to wait for hours to get any response. And once you do 99% of those responses are "not our fault, try removing all projects, all integrations and try again". On the top of that anything more complex that "hello world" runs out of their apparent 2CPU 2GB deployment server. Want more resources? Wait for 24h until dev team has this 2h of work somewhere in India. Review Source AH Ahliman H. Full-Stack Developer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very intuitive interface but very expensive" July 28, 2024 5.0 For me, Buddy should create a specific Plan for the people who wants ONLY the continus deployment functionnality without any complexity, or just decrease the Pro plan price, if it becomes €5 per month I will switch all my projects on it, or maybe €2 per project per month? Pros Very intuitive UI/UX and the free account possibility Cons The pricing is very very very expensive. Pro plan is about €29 / month, even my VPS does not cost this price 😅 Switched from [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/) No any UI on GitHub, I don't want to code for these things Review Source Mateusz Z. Da Boss Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Finally good solution for CI/CD of my WordPress sites" May 9, 2023 5.0 Pros It was very easy to connect Buddy to my GitHub projects as well as add additional instructions Cons The php debug modules were giving me errors and could not fix it. I try to get rid of php errors before I commit, but still it would be useful to make easy check before deploy. Switched from [Branch](https://www.capterra.com/p/162029/Branch/) More integrations, better pricing for my needs Review Source Olivier JM M. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Easy to setup" December 10, 2019 4.0 Pros The setup was straight and configuring actions and webhooks was pretty straight forward Cons I am still looking for an easy of auto deploying to like digitalocean or Azure from buddy Reason for choosing Buddy Simplicity Switched from [Travis CI](https://www.capterra.com/p/179183/Travis-CI/) Because of how easy it is to get setup with a graphical user interface to help configure pipelines Review Source LB Luke B. Lead Developer Leisure, Travel & Tourism Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Effortless Deployments with a Beautiful UI" January 9, 2025 5.0 Pros Buddy makes deployments a breeze! The UI is beautiful and intuitive, configurations are easy yet comprehensive, and deployments are incredibly fast. Customer support is responsive and helpful, making the overall experience seamless. Cons The pricing model being based on the number of users feels limiting, especially for smaller teams or businesses with fluctuating team sizes. Switched from [DeployBot](https://www.capterra.com/p/176316/DeployBot/) Deploybot were shutting their operations Review Source BA Benjir A. Web Developer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Boost Your Deployment Efficiency with Buddy.Works" November 2, 2024 5.0 Buddy.Works is a game-changer for CI/CD enthusiasts. Its intuitive interface and powerful automation tools make setting up pipelines a breeze. With lightning-fast builds, seamless integrations, and top-notch customer support, Buddy.Works transforms complex workflows into a smooth, efficient process. Highly recommended for development teams aiming to streamline their deployment practices! Pros I like the automation. It offers an easy interface that is easy to understand clearly. The most important thing is their support and they offer free plans too 😊 Cons So far I didn't have any that could hit me tell any negative words Review Source BV Bradley V. Senior Developer Automotive Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Buddy is easy to use and looks great!" September 4, 2024 5.0 Have used Buddy in several of my roles and would highly recommend it to teams. Pros Buddy has a clean user interface which makes it easy to use. The builds are fast and notifications come quickly! Cons Honestly there's nothing I dislike about Buddy! Review Source IB Ivan B. Software Engineer Banking Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Buddy review" July 22, 2024 5.0 Pros I like that the interface makes buddy really simple and easy to use as a user. It helps me manage new releases and bug fixes easily. Makes deployment to QA enviroments easy Cons There's no dark theme. Kinda long waiting times when there's a queue. Review Source AB Akash B. Full stack Software engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Highly recommend for CI/CD integrations" July 30, 2024 4.0 Pros Once Click deployment and visibility of each step Cons I can't open github link directly from the buddy Review Source PW Peter W. Advanced Computing Research Student Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Comprehensive and User-Friendly: A Review of Buddy.works' Features" January 25, 2023 4.0 Buddy.works is a comprehensive and user-friendly software that offers a wide range of features for continuous delivery and continuous development. It can automate the process of building, testing, and deploying NodeJS applications to cloud instances. The pipeline management feature in Buddy.works allows for easy creation and management of multiple pipelines, streamlining the development process. By integrating with popular version control systems like Git, Buddy.works allows for easy management of code changes and collaboration with team members. Additionally, it can be integrated with cloud providers like AWS, GCP, and Azure to deploy the NodeJS apps on the cloud instances. Overall, Buddy.works is a great tool for automating the software development process, specifically for NodeJS apps deployment on cloud instances with CI/CD. Pros Buddy.works is a comprehensive and user-friendly software that offers a wide range of features for continuous delivery, pipeline management, and continuous development. One of the things I liked most about the software is its ability to automate the delivery process, making it easy to deploy updates and new features to users. The pipeline management feature is also very impactful, allowing users to easily create and manage multiple pipelines, streamlining the development process. The software is also very easy to use, with a user-friendly interface and a comprehensive set of tools for continuous development. Additionally, integration with existing business processes was a breeze, thanks to the software's robust integration capabilities with a wide range of third-party tools and services. Cons As a user of Buddy.works, I found that one of the cons of the software is the lack of flexibility in customizing the pipeline management feature. While it's easy to create and manage multiple pipelines, I would have liked more options for customizing and adapting the pipelines to my specific needs. Additionally, I found that the user interface can be a bit overwhelming at times, with multiple menus and options that can be difficult to navigate. I also felt that some features, such as configuration management, could be improved to provide more detailed and granular control. However, despite these cons, I found that integration with my existing business processes was relatively easy and the software provided a comprehensive set of tools for continuous development. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Programador Full-stack PHP Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Automate the deployment of your application" May 9, 2019 5.0 I use buddy for the simplest tasks like uploading GIT files to FTP without needing to configure anything on the destination server. It is very useful when you do not have SSH access or you just do not want to program complicated scripts. Pros Buddy offers an advanced automation experience with a basic knowledge requirement. Thanks to its multiple integrations you can get great automations with just a few clicks. You can create multiple pipelines to manage all the necessary processes to run your application. Upload files to multiple servers, compile applications, send notifications, etc. Undoubtedly Buddy is a very interesting tool to save time without having to develop large and complicated manual integrations. Cons If your pipeline does things that need a long execution time, Buddy can give a timeout and leave the task halfway. Review Source Response from Buddy May 10, 2019 Hello! We are glad to hear that you like our product. If you are facing issues with timeouts it would be best to contact our support. Knowing the full context we might provide you with a solution. VR Verified Reviewer CTO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Buddy - The easiest CI/CD tool by far" June 12, 2019 5.0 Our development flow is fully automated with buddy. That helps the team a lot, and saved me tons of time, since it was done by me manually. We also use it to deploy production applications, with easy. Buddy is also used to deploy to firebase hosting. We have some use cases where we just need to serve a json with the project version, and this json is created used buddy pipelines, extracting the project version from the repository. Pros Buddy is really easy to set up and start using as a CI, CD or DevOps tool. I've tried other tools in the past to help on CD processes but I always had a hard time to get somewhere. With buddy I created the first pipeline in minutes and it helped me a lot, since I was the only one who was deploying applications in the company. Cons I love buddy :) I don't remember any cons. Review Source PP Paweł P. CTO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Run CI/CD without headache" May 27, 2019 5.0 Buddy is the easiest CI/CD solution I could find. Frankly it wasn't me finding it but a friend front-end developer showed me how to use it. This means you really don't need to be an old school open source ninja or DevOps hipster to run a CI/CD for your project. Just put together the build pipeline and get running in minutes. Pros It's so easy to get the on premise install running. It really takes minutes to get the software configured. Building the deployment flow, aka pipeline is very intuitive. The UI will even give you hints about next steps in the pipeline. You want to get things more complex? No worries - tons of integrations are at your service. Starting from simple FPT/SFTP deployments, through deployment time script compilation ending with advanced pipelines that include testing, sandboxing, joining other pipelines and parallel execution. All that wrapped in stylish and intuitive UI that lets you watch the process live. When something goes wrong it's easy to find the exact step and the relevant log messages. Everything enclosed in one view. Awesome! From the business perspective the TCO for the Buddy is much better (lower) when compared to top CI/CD tools and even open source solutions. Cons For the standalone edition some may find Buddy a being a black box. It could be difficult to get you hands dirty on internals of the system. If you're used to get control on every detail you may find the Buddy UI limiting you. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Web Developer Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Deployment Wizards" May 6, 2024 5.0 Pros Buddy made it incredibly easy to deploy our website. Cons Some of the frequent UI changes made the site difficult to navigate. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Web Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Buddy review" December 13, 2019 5.0 Pros Flexibility. We use it to deploy anything from web apps with Vue.js, server-side applications with Laravel, WordPress and Node without any issues. Cons Lack of documentation to set up automated tests. I'd like to run unit tests with Jest, so it would be great if there was clear examples on how to do so and fail a deploy on failed tests. Review Source MC Michael C. Developer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "By far my favourite automation tool.." May 24, 2019 5.0 As a developer diving into Ops very often I have tried a numerous amount of deployment services and methods. Buddy really stands out and really offers users a lot of value. Currently I use both Jenkins and Buddy on a daily basis. Personally I think Buddy is much easier to use! Pros The user interface is really easy to understand, allowing people with different skill-sets to use it. They have an enterprise version that you can launch effortlessly on the AWS/Google cloud market places and manage yourself, but for smaller clients you can just use the SaaS version. On top of all the available actions, it's so easy to just pull down a docker image to do whatever you need. This opens the door to a lot of custom actions. Cons Nothing comes to mind. I've had a issue or two with the sandbox functionality but their support is really quick so nothing to complain about. Review Source MB Mark B. Developer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The tool of tools" December 11, 2019 5.0 Pros I love working in my terminal, but when the UX/UI of a product is as good as this, I love working in a GUI too. The UI is completely intuitive and very fun to use. From a functionality point of view, the system is incredible. Being able to quickly spin up very complex builds & deployments, and then tie in all sorts of notifications is a dream come true. YML is fine, but being able to tie in all these steps with a visual pipeline editor/builder, is a treat and I thoroughly enjoy using it. Cons It's expensive. It's worth every penny, but its still a lot of pennies to pay every month for a small team / freelancer. There is a free plan, but you'll quickly hit the 120 builds per month limit. Reason for choosing Buddy More more powerful pipeline / deployment system. Better UI Review Source Kris J. Lead Developer Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great deployment platform for all our needs" December 10, 2019 5.0 Pros With Buddy I was able to consolidate my deployment tools, and save money. The platform is super intuitive and more powerful than what we were using previously. Cons A couple years ago my team uncovered a small issue with one of the deployment actions, but after working with Buddy's support team they resolved the problem! Review Source Mark P. Web Designer Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent!" December 10, 2019 4.0 Buddy has helped our team tremendously in making us able to collaborate on site development. Pros ease of use, efficiency, accessibility, and design. Cons learning curve, there are still some features that I am discovering through use - would be nice to have courses on quickly setting up all the applications of Buddy Review Source Niklas R. Product Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The simplest CI and Automation tool I ever experienced" December 18, 2019 5.0 Buddy was the first CI/CD tool that satisfied all of our needs while being extremely simple to use. It was easy to get up and running with our monorepo and custom triggers with webhooks. Buddy provided solid support for multiple programming languages, Google Cloud, Kubernetes and HTTP Endpoints. It is a joy to build pipelines with Buddy! 🚀 Pros It provides very intuitive workflows and actions that are customizable for all kinds of needs. Cons You pay for a machine the whole month even if you aren't using it. I would prefer a serverless model like with Google Cloud Build or GitHub Actions, where you only pay for the minutes the machine is running. Review Source AR Aimee R. Web Developer Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A great Product" September 11, 2023 5.0 Pros Buddy has been really easy to use and set up for a number of products. Cons The Documentation for some features could explain more or contain different versions. Some actions in the documentation don't match up with how it is used on the pipeline. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer WordPress developer Internet Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Buddy helps me save time every day" September 9, 2022 4.0 I work on a team that pushes code to multiple client websites every day and Buddy pipelines from GitHub to the client servers saves our team so much time. Pros The ability to set up a pipeline once and just know that it works is a beautiful feeling. When I have new code to push to a project, I push to GitHub and know the code is going to get where it needs to go. Cons I haven't found any downsides yet, but I'll let you know if I ever do :) Review Source Wilson A. QA Engineer Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to understand" December 9, 2019 5.0 I use Buddy to run my automation regression testing project, Buddy is fast and helps the team to have a faster feedback. Pros Buddy is the easy to configure and run your pipes. in minutes you can run a CI/CD project without trouble. Cons Nothing comes to my mind against Buddy. If I have any doubt, support team is fast to help us Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Continuous Integration](https://www.capterra.com/continuous-integration-software/)[Application Development](https://www.capterra.com/application-development-software/)[App Building](https://www.capterra.com/app-building-software/)