# Page 2 | Jenkins Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is Jenkins the right Continuous Integration solution for you? Explore 571 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/171026/Jenkins/reviews --- Jenkins 4.5 (571) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/171026/Jenkins/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 May 12th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of Jenkins ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 571 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Engineering Manager Program Development Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Jenkins Review" January 10, 2025 4.0 I've been working for more than 7 years on Jenkins for CI, CD and also some automatic tasks Pros You can customize a lot of things and also create shared libraries and use JTE to simplify the work Cons You need to keep updating the versions and has a lot of security issues Review Source TW Tobias W. Geschäftsführer Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Erfüllt alle Anforderungen " October 19, 2025 5.0 Pros Die wichtigsten Informationen sind auf einem Dashboard übersichtlich dargestellt. Mit Klick auf logs kann man sich dann bei Bedarf Details ansehen Cons Die Funktion 'angemeldet bleiben' funktioniert bei mir nicht. Ich muss mich regelmäßig neu anmelden. Review Source R PREM K. Associate Software Development Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best software of devops engineers" January 24, 2025 5.0 I have used jenkins and I'm still using jenkins for managing pipelines and deploying services. I feel this is one of the top software that can be used by devops engineers. Pros Jenkins allow us to integrate it with bitbucket or github and manage our pipeline. There are a lot of other plugins which we can integrate with jenkins. Jenkins also helps in automating the process of building the image and deploying services. Cons For a new user, Jenkins UI might be confusing. It will take some time to understand the functionalities. And sometimes we face some issue while integrating the plugins. Review Source MY Matthias Y. Student Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A very good automation tool" June 4, 2026 4.0 Pros Its a good tool to manage automation of tasks, you can do a lot more with the many plugins. Overall a great and extendable tool. Cons It's a bit complicated to understand the workflows (pipelines, jobs, etc.) at the start, you have to learn some devops skills to really understand. Review Source vN vignesh N. Executive Architect Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great CI/CD Integration tool" January 17, 2025 4.0 Great tool with lot of features having so many benefits around usage Pros Great CI/CD Pipeline integration tool and first CI/CD tool for auto code deployment Cons the grrovy scripting required to set pipeline are time consuming Review Source AF Analia F. Ssr. QA Tester Insurance Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A great experience to manage your CICD pipeline" October 16, 2024 5.0 A great experience to manage your CICD pipeline Pros It is a great CICD tool, allowing easy integration with VCS tools, and jobs scheduling. Plugins are essential for its use Cons Upgrades sometimes get your system down and rollback is required when using On Prem Review Source SJ Simon J. Senior manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Automate Your CI/CD Pipeline" July 9, 2024 5.0 Pros Jenkins automates my build and deployment process, saving me a ton of time. My code gets tested and deployed automatically after each commit. Cons Configuring the initial setup and understanding all the plugins took quite a bit of time. Review Source Parvathy G. Devops Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Jenkins is a must for Devops Engineer" September 18, 2023 5.0 It's one of the most important tools that I use every day while working as a DevOps Engineer. It has helped me in easing my job very much Pros We can automate and configure almost everything using jenkins, it can be used to start/stop servers, backup dbs, build and deploy codes in the environments, etc. Cons The complete logs may not be visible from Jenkins, but still, the main error can be seen. I can't think of any other problems in Jenkins Alternatives considered [Ansible Automation Platform](https://www.capterra.com/p/206320/Ansible-Automation-Platform/) Reason for choosing Jenkins Jenkins has many plugins and additional features, also its more user friendly Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Software Development Engineer Oil & Energy Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Versatile program with important features" April 30, 2024 3.0 An experience of average satisfaction, we did not like that we had to spend extra budget to hire a new software that would bring together the capabilities that Jenkins could not contain enough for our team to feel comfortable, but on the other hand we do accept that it has improvement systems that They improved our developed software. Pros A program that in the team generated high expectations for generating build automation, where Jenkins can be configured to automatically execute software builds every time changes are made to the source code, this ensures that any new code integration is tested and verified instantly, making it easy to detect and fix early errors or compatibility issues. Cons Under support for Microservices, which in our case and given that our company Google operates at large scale, often with architectures based on microservices, Jenkins could not handle multiple projects and microservices simultaneously, not allowing independent and specific builds and deployments as required. We needed, in this sense, we had to use a program similar and added to the one we already had. Switched from [Bamboo](https://www.capterra.com/p/253795/Bamboo/) Program with very little update to modern features but had a low price. Review Source PP Piotr P. QA Automation Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Incredibly flexible CI/CD" August 8, 2022 5.0 Jenkins is one of the most known CI/CD tools on the market. It is outstandingly flexible and can be easily adapted to companies' needs without unnecessary concessions. The enormous number of plugins that allows various actions makes the usage incredibly adaptable. To tell the truth, sometimes plugins are deprecated and old, but the most important ones are quickly updated to the latest versions. Free and reasonably priced paid versions are a huge advantage on the market - it is one of the reasons for Jenkins being widely used across companies. Great customer support and documentation makes usage convenient. What is more, Jenkins has a big community that is actively participating in the project. If any problem occurs, it is probably resolved on the internet - in some forum or in the documentation. However, not everything is so great. The biggest flaw of Jenkins is its lack of intuitiveness. Because it contains a huge number of features, it may be too complex, especially for new users that do not have an experience in CI/CD. Also, the design is quite cumbersome and can look outdated. All in all, Jenkins is an amazing tool for CI/CD and I strongly recommend it to everyone who needs a flexible utility for pipelines management and monitoring. Pros Reasonable price/Free version Great flexibility An enormous number of available plugins Great customer service/documentation Widely supported by the community Cons Can be confusing The UI is not intuitive The design is cumbersome Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing Jenkins The free version of Jenkins and the number of available plugins proved decisive. Review Source Gábor S. Senior Programme Manager Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to understand, ease of use, and sense of the operation of automation and scripting" March 27, 2023 4.0 As automation of script files and file execution, the feel of operation in the system is easy to understand. I started from a place I had never used, but it felt that way. In a nutshell, it is an image of the Linux Cron and Windows task scheduler. It is easy to manage problems that have been resolved, specific effects and CI/CD processing details. When the agent load increases, there is no need to respond manually; automatic escalation will distribute the load. The file (Jenkinsfile) describing the functions, points and CI/CD processing that contributed to the problem can also be managed in the Git repository as a set with the source code, so it is easy to check the processing details and modify the Jenkinsfile. Pros The amount of information in the search results is significant, and it is easy to operate because it is free (easy to stop in case of emergency). A Docker agent and JenkinsX are also available, so they are compatible with the latest technology. Because it can be used not only on-premises but also with Kubernetes, it is helpful because the learned technology can be used for a long time, even if the stage changes. Cons Since the configuration screen is displayed in a tabbed format, there are times when you cannot see what you want to edit unless you show it at the bottom of the browser screen. Alternatives considered [Azure DevOps](https://www.capterra.com/p/170547/VSTS-DevOps/) Reason for choosing Jenkins You can now automate scripting files, run midnight jobs, specify runtime, etc., and compile and run scheduled files, compilations, and scheduled file executions. Switched from [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) There is much room for consideration and input if you want to automate and schedule jobs and script files for the entire system. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior QA Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best CICD tool ever. Does the job and saves much time" August 10, 2022 5.0 Overall, without Jenkins CI/CD will be really difficult Pros It’s features and the product is open source. It also has api support which is amazing Cons The cron schedule, every time It’s hard to understand or use this. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Small Company Owner Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The best free and open source option on the market to task automation" September 5, 2022 5.0 Around 2007 my team selected it to automate the deployment process and some server maintenance processes. In that time I passed a few days around studing the real importance of the tool reading tecnical papers. We even integrated it with a chat tool so the deployment was performed through the company's chat bot triggered by anyone who had access to the user's contact monitored by jenkins. Over time I came to use it in other companies as developer operator only, most of the time the start of execution was not automatic but always integrated or with github.com or with Atlassian Bitbucket and Amazon CodeCommit. At the moment I use it as a developer and its integration is completely automated. Pros Jenkins provides out of the box hundreds of plugins and it is very simple to build plugins to integrat to it. You can choose a development language of your choice and build a script to do whatever you need. It's simple as that Cons As it have a high importance in the execution flow, it ends up having a status of superiority towards the operators that it builds as an aura, so it is common for people to feel afraid to operate it in the first moments and if the tool is not well configured with a well-defined authorities for users, it can actually pose a certain risk to the operation. But after it is well configured and after a few days of use, this aura is by passed and its use becomes utterly positive. Review Source MK Marcin K. Senior Technical Engineer/Senior DevOps Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Staple in the CI/CD pipelines automation" November 20, 2022 4.0 As typical, the solution has been used successfully for all possible deployment targets from simple make builds into compiled artifacts, through packaging of (non-compilable) artifacts into npm, gems, pypy, docker images and rpms/debs. However with the move to Kubernetes clusters in lieu of simply VMs clusters, Jenkins becomes more of a hustle to implement properly. Pros Easy to implement, easy to incorporate into infrastructure, great support due to years of presence and experience from developers garnered throughout the years. The UI gives options for both classic feature-full or simplified BlueOcean approaches. Extendable and working great with 3rd party's tools and solutions. Pipelines typically defined in code in Groovy/Java. Cons Java at its core so typical memory and disk usage issues can happen, but can be helped through containerised deployment of it.Debugging pipeline issues often means meandering throughout the code for software and pipeline alike since reported errors can often obscure true source of problems. Not exactly the best option for docker image builds without docker in docker container trickery or Jenkins on bare-metal/VM deployments Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing Jenkins Development teams experience with usage of Jenkins for software production.Lack of experience with the other tools by the teams.GitLab actions not able to provide same scope of features, plus a lot of the SCM within projects have moved from locally implemented GitLab instances to cloud located Atlassian tools. Switched from [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)[Ansible Tower](https://www.capterra.com/p/149875/Ansible-Tower/)[Bitrise](https://www.capterra.com/p/178004/Bitrise/) Development teams experience with usage of Jenkins for software production.Lack of experience with the other tools by the teams.GitLab actions not able to provide same scope of features, plus a lot of the SCM within projects have moved from locally implemented GitLab instances to cloud located Atlassian tools. Review Source Abhirup B. Software Developer in Test Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best open source business process automation in the market" May 16, 2022 4.0 Despite its one drawback Jenkins is the most suitable tool for process automation for most businesses. It requires a bit of specialised knowledge but is not so complicated as to require consultation with a specialist. The ability to set up chron jobs and the infinite flexibility in setting up jobs means that companies can use Jenkins to create the most custom-fit solution for themselves. Pros Jenkins has excellent process automation capabilities and extensive features supporting it. You can create pipelines and jobs to support CICD projects. You also have extensive flexibility to set up the ideal job fitting your needs. There are also integrations to the widely used version control solutions. Moreover, Jenkins can be used in other programs using groovy and other programming languages. Jenkins is also a locally deployable solution, making it suitable for preventing security threats. Cons The access control tools in Jenkins are inadequate for big projects with multiple levels of stakeholders. More often than not, this requires numerous instances of Jenkins running to prevent unauthorised access. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing Jenkins Jenkins is open source and provides far more customizability than GitLab. Review Source WS Wojciech S. Owner Computer Networking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Most flexible CICD platform with " April 27, 2022 4.0 I'm running multiple backup or VM configuration tasks. I like it, but I also see potential issues in the future. Because of that I will think about migrating to another solution in the future. Pros I like it's flexibility. You can almost do whatever you want with it. Cons Plugins can be outdated, also documentation should be fixed. I also hate that there is no way to configure Jenkins with Database backend (everything is kept in files). Because of that there is no way to create multiple Jenkins instances. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)[Jenkins X](https://www.capterra.com/p/238813/Jenkins-X/)[Drone](https://www.capterra.com/p/200965/Drone/) Reason for choosing Jenkins I know Jenkins for a long time and I needed to run my tasks as soon as possible. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer QA Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Flexible tool, easy to start but very flexible" May 12, 2022 5.0 It was easy to start using since the user interface gives you already so many options and tools. Eventually, we reached a point where it was not sustainable to keep adding jobs manually and so we decided to migrate everything to code, which is when I discovered how truly flexible jenkins was. We used the Jenkins job DSL to scan the repositories for new branches and then used the Pipeline scripts to actually do stuff on those pipelines, ranging from building docker images to running tests. Pros The support for pipelines-as-code is good. The user interface is good enough where it doesn't get in the way but it lets you still do a lot of things, you don't need to code your pipelines but of course you can if you want to make your life easier. My use cases (Running maven or gradle commands, running docker containers) were well supported. Cons You need an in-house expert most of the time, since there are of course bugs and workarounds that only a heavy user would be able to navigate. The flexibility it gives you sometimes comes with the price of being too complex if you have simple use cases. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software development Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best CICD " November 9, 2022 5.0 Jenkins helps me to automate ton of manual tasks and saves lot of time and effort. Not just developers, it can be used as reporting tool for code analysis and functionality which will help the management.It is quite easy to setup and orchestrate pipeline. Pros Jenkins is easy to deploy and use. The process for onboarding the users and designing pipelines and test automations are very straight forward. It does not need any specific training and the interface is intuitive and supports various programming languages. Cons I cannot find any major drawback in jenkins. I personally feel the documentation that provided in the interface could be improved, so that the users doesn't need refer the documentation seperately. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing Jenkins It has better interface for designing the pipeline and automation. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer DevOps Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good for its time, better alternatives exist nowadays" September 5, 2022 3.0 It's a great first tool for Ci/Cd and set up pipelines but its way too hard to maintain and it has a bunch of issues with an outdated interface and there are better options on the market Pros It was a revolutionary tool for Ci/Cd with a big community developing new plugins Cons it's outdated compared to other tools and way to annoying to maintain Alternatives considered [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/)[GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)[Azure DevOps](https://www.capterra.com/p/170547/VSTS-DevOps/) Reason for choosing Jenkins Variety of plugins and open source Review Source Samir P. Software Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Most widely used CI/CD tool in the industry" May 10, 2022 5.0 Use it everyday to deploy applications as part of the software development lifecycle. Pros Makes it easy to deploy applications/services into different environments like DEV/QA/PROD. Easy to implement GitHub webhooks into job builds. Cons Does not provide application monitoring or management functionality straight out of the box. Pipelines can be slow if configured incorrectly. Review Source AkG Ajay kumar G. Full Stack Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Automation testing tool for beginners to experts" January 4, 2024 5.0 Basically I am Full Stack developer, But I am doing Testing, UI/UX, SEO and more because I am working in startup company. Jenkins is my first test tool and this last testing tool also because it's very easy to learn no need any experience to learn Jenkins. Second thing Jenkins didn't take more space in your laptop because it's run completely run in website just minimum setups only have in your system and more easy to integrate. My side opinion Jenkins don't have the drawbacks it's really very well of all testers. Pros The main reason to like Jenkins' is online interface, which offers integrated assistance and real-time error checking, makes it simple to set up and configure. The second thing it's very easy handle and they provide lots of plugins for pipeline project automation testing. Thirdly, there is The Continuous Delivery feature makes software delivery more dependable, automated, and efficient, which promotes better cooperation, quicker software releases, and higher-quality software overall. These are the reasons why I continue to use Jenkins Cons My side opinion Jenkins don't have the drawbacks it's really very well of all testers. Review Source RI Robert I. Staff SDET Biotechnology Used the software for: 2+ years ### "For all your CI/CD needs!" September 5, 2023 4.0 I use Jenkins primarily to run builds for all of our repos and execute a large number of automated tests. It is incredibly useful to manage CI tasks and activity across many repos. Pros I've been using Jenkins for several years and find it extremely useful in solving any CI scenario from easy to very complex. With its rich library of plugins and active community, it's relatively easy to develop and debug pipelines. I like that some plugins provide embedded pages within builds for things like test reports, commit history, etc. Jenkins can also be easily integrated with a large number of external applications. Cons In my experience with Jenkins, I find plugin management to be the most troublesome. It is often the case, that plugins are no longer maintained, lack documentation, or break things with upgrades. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Full Stack Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Jenkins opinion" June 30, 2023 5.0 I would recommend Jenkins to anyone interested in implementing CI/CD in his project. Pros Jenkins it's the perfect tool for implementing DevOps, the automatization of the integration and the deployment it's done correctly thanks to the pipelines, and it's the feature that I like the most. Cons The curve of learning might be big because it offers a lot of features and you will never be able to learn all of them. Review Source CA Catarina A. Engineering Team Lead Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solid tool with lots of options" November 12, 2022 4.0 Jenkins is a solid tool that provides a great way to do project delivery and continuous integration. It might require some initial work to get things started but once you do so it saves you and your team loads of time. Pros Project's versions beeing automatically generated and updated in our code repository, code repository integration using authentication mechanisms and the ability to define multiple environments with different configurations. Cons Some job options were a little tricky to configure at first so it requires some attempts to make everything right. Also, the user interface layout is a little bit dated, it should be improved to make it more appealing to the eye. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Lead Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simply the best" June 11, 2022 5.0 I like working with Jenkin day in and out. Pros Powerful CI/CD tool with so many extensibility options. Easily integrate with any technology. Be it .NET java node customize it as per requirement. Tag management and deployment Multi-branch support and deployment rollback strategy Docker image support. Integration with Third-party like Argo CD / Azure DevOps Cons there is an initial learning curve associated with it. you would need to know the groovy script and also know some technical details on jenkin syntax but en Alternatives considered [TeamCity](https://www.capterra.com/p/136011/Teamcity/) Reason for choosing Jenkins scalability, open-source, and extensibility and industry adoptation Switched from [Azure DevOps](https://www.capterra.com/p/170547/VSTS-DevOps/) scalability, open-source, and extensibility Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Continuous Integration](https://www.capterra.com/continuous-integration-software/)