# Buddy Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Buddy the right Continuous Integration solution for you? Explore 177 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 (177) [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 177 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 VR Verified Reviewer Programmeur Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy way to get a business up and running with a build tool" May 23, 2019 5.0 Since that the javascript world started almost requiring a build process to keep up to date with the language while supporting older browsers, our company struggled to integrate this in our daily work. So we started looking for build tools for a company that hasn't used any before and many developers who didn't really knew what it was. Buddy being so easy to use and set-up helped a lot in getting the whole dev team to be comfortable with this new way of working. It also fixed problems we had because in our previous deploy process we were unaware when a deploy failed and unable to recognize which servers were and weren't up to date. This caused all kinds of problems and even support questions for stuff that was already fixed, costing us extra time to figure out that something and what exactly went wrong. Pros It is very easy to get started with, intuitive. No real need to familiarize yourself with how the tooling works. We could quickly get pipelines up and running to test with and didn't need to spend much tweaking and fixing the build process. Our first intuition on how we should set it up was spot on. We could very quickly move from the initial test to using it in production. Because of the simple look and feel of the product it was very easy to get the whole company on board, in a company that wasn't used to using build systems. Getting people familiar with the product for day to day use was very easy to do. The initial set-up of the on-premise variant was very straight forward because they use docker. We ran a couple of commands and had it up and running in no time. Figuring out back-ups took a little more time but the customer service was great and they have updated the docs since. Cons The only con I can come up with is the price. We need to use the on-premise/enterprise version and that one is quite expensive to start with and has a hefty mark-up when you pass one of the pricing stages. The price doubles when you go from 10 to 20 or 20 to 40 users which hurts a little when you are adding your 11th or 21th person to the team. Review Source Lachlan D. Lead Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Simple and quick" December 5, 2023 4.0 Pros Buddy works really well for our organization. The no-config pipelines make setting things up super easy and save us a ton of time. The platform has all the features we need for deployment and testing—it's got everything covered. Plus, it integrates seamlessly with AWS, which is exactly what we were looking for. I highly recommend it for anyone who needs a quick and easy deployment suite. Cons Sometimes our development processes fail unexpectedly, likely a system layer problem beyond our access. Luckily, these issues tend to fix themselves after a while. The challenge is that when we need help from customer service, they're in a different time zone, making the problem-solving process slower. Review Source Bui Van T. Developer Information Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to use, great performance" February 1, 2024 5.0 Pros It is one of the most powerful tools to help push code quickly, and can manage error checking when deploying an application Cons Sometimes, just sometimes it works a bit slow Reason for choosing Buddy I looked at many apps but found Buddy to be the most suitable Review Source JP Jeroen P. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Deployment is just a click away" August 3, 2022 5.0 Pros Buddy is fast, it's easy, it's advanced. Buddy enables us to deploy without lots of hassle. We work with git-flow and as soon as we push a release, Buddy is ready to deploy it. We really love the advanced deployment features Cons Buddy might be a bit overwhelming at first, after you learn the terms, where to setup a project, it will all be a walk in the park Review Source JG Julien G. Backend Lead Developer Music Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best product for CI/CD" June 2, 2023 5.0 Wonderful Pros The easy way we can set-up a pipeline to deploy products (api, smartphone apps, website)It take 10x less time than on other platforms Cons The price and the lack of visibility about account consumption Alternatives considered [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/)[CircleCI](https://www.capterra.com/p/150380/CircleCI/)[Jenkins X](https://www.capterra.com/p/238813/Jenkins-X/) Reason for choosing Buddy More easy to set up Review Source GV Gabriele V. Full stack Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Simple and intuitive" June 29, 2023 5.0 Pros Its simplicity in setting the whole environment Cons Nothing in particular, maybe the cost. Review Source NS Neil S. CTO Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to use, Empowers teams" May 23, 2019 5.0 As mentioned in our positives, our business use case was to simply set up deployments and build pipelines without the hassle whilst also empowering our team of developers and project managers. There are obviously ways to do this on the servers but the management of this requires a lot more work and knowledge of dev ops. Pros The obvious positives for us about Buddy are how simple it is to use and pick up. The interface is really nice and makes everything point and click set up. We also really like how easy it is to set up users and limit them to various projects or actions. We have really been able to empower our development team even to a junior level. Last the integrations with Slack and Github have enabled us to notify the whole team when a deployment fails or succeeds. Cons If Buddy is down for maintenance (this is extremely rare and also only for a few minutes usually) it can delay our deployments waiting for it to be back up. This isn't even a complaint really but more that it's the only small negative we can think of. Review Source JP Joe P. DevOps Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Can't make it any easier" July 28, 2022 5.0 Pros CD/CI is hard no matter how you look at it. The design of the Buddy UI makes it so simple to create and automate the entire CI workflow. I can control every aspect of the pipeline, monitor the progress of each build and easily reach detailed logging whenever I need it. Cons None that I can really think of right now Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent Service" December 9, 2019 5.0 Pros Deployments are a breeze with Buddy. Every single option we could possibly want is available to us. I can't imagine not using this tool for deployments. Cons There aren't really any cons I've found with this tool. Some custom gulp compilations run somewhat slowly, but overall that's not a big deal. Review Source Zoltan L. Software developer Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Never thought continuous deployment could save me so much time" January 1, 2023 5.0 Pros I read about Buddy somewhere and since it's free for small businesses, I thought I'd give it a try. So I set up automatic build and deployment (never did that before), the interface was super easy to use and after a day I was ready to use Buddy in production. After that I never had to deploy anything manually, I just push the changes to GitHub and I know that in a few minutes it will be live on production. Awesome! Cons Even if there was something to dislike, the support staff would help you solve it. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Fullstack dev / team lead Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Does everything you need " January 31, 2023 5.0 Pros A said in title "Does everything you need" and once you configure it you can "forget" about it :) as simply said "buddy works" :D Cons Everything was super easy, there is tone of documentation so im writing this part just because is required :D Review Source Corey C. Agency Owner & Director Design Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The simplest and probably the most complete solution for deploying your projects to servers." December 11, 2019 5.0 Great, Buddy has made it easy to build a complex deployment process that is version controlled and easy to manage in forked projects. Pros A huge library of integrations, predefined build processes and actions yml. This platform is allowing us to slowly automate our entire development pipeline, testing through to deployment. Cons The price point makes it hard to take the leap onto the platform, while it is without a doubt worth it, it was a barrier that put us off for some time. Also, the limit on concurrent deployments (which is tied to your pricing tier) means sometimes your project deployments can stack up. We manage a forked repository system where our client projects inherit updates from a central repository, this can mean a significant number of projects are all queued for deployment at one time and then nothing for days. Review Source SP Steve P. Owner Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Software that does what you expect it to" May 22, 2023 5.0 Pros As the account owner, with no direct hands on development, I appreciated the costs were well within reason. Cons There are no features missing that I can see but I'm not the developer. Review Source ŁC Łukasz C. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Just made my life easier" February 28, 2019 5.0 I'm a Software Engineer and I'm not really into being DevOps. Yet, I had to create some deployment pipelines, just due to project requirements. Buddy allowed me to create a really decent deployment pipeline, with monitoring and notifications on slack and email in minutes. I didn't have to learn any new stuff to make it work, it's really customer driven and new features pop up every week. Pros Being customer-driven Tons of integration. From servers like DigitalOcean, through messeging (Slack, mail, Telegram etc.) Easy to setup Decent documentation Cons It is much easier to get out 120 builds a month, then you would expect. And then you don't have much choice other, then paying for this tool, because you already love it. Also, I would prefer to have reference to previously created configurations, because it is pretty easy to mess with it. As I'm not able to restore it from git, it may be painful to do it from the scratch. 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/)