# Page 3 | Jenkins Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 3 - 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 3 - Reviews of Jenkins ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 571 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use RK Rajeev K. System Architect Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Top build and pipeline tool" November 4, 2022 4.0 Top tool to integrate and save cost starting from day one of the project. Pros Integrate anything with Jenkins whether it is regression test suite, continuous integration or continuous deployment. Cons For project where there are near to zero build failures should have been configuration to disable console output page to save some space on the UI. Alternatives considered [GoCD](https://www.capterra.com/p/147886/GoCD/) Reason for choosing Jenkins More features and less cost. Review Source Tamseel A. Full stack JavaScript developer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Jenkins is great open source continuous integration tool for large scale applications." October 3, 2019 4.0 I have used Jenkins for few projects with team members, we used it because we needed more flexibility at configuration. It is the only choice when you need more control over integration and testing. It is hard to configure and install but that is the trade-off for control over customization and configuration. Jenkins is free of cost itself although you need to server to host it. We use Jenkins only for projects which require more configuration and security. Pros Currently Jenkins is the only CI tool which has the largest set of plugins, it gives you more control over how it should work, like you can customize pipeline of continuous integration and delivery. There are plugins allow you to run Jenkins in kubernetes and docker but we never ran it on containers. Huge number of plugins available for Jenkins which allow you to integrate with other tools and customize it to your needs, plugins are available at Jenkins update center. Great thing about Jenkins is it work on windows, Linux and mac OS. Cost of using Jenkins is free because its open source although you need server to host it, you must maintain and update and that's your responsibility. Cons Jenkins is not easy to use you need to configure it and host it before using unlike tools like travis CI which is ready to be used. Learning curve is steep because it has lot of features and customization which is little bit hard at start. Hosting server is needed to host Jenkins, which means you also need to pay for hosting. Maintenance and updation is user responsibility. Switched from [Travis CI](https://www.capterra.com/p/179183/Travis-CI/) You don't get control over configuration like Jenkins. There were project which needed security and could not be host on third party tools where as Jenkins can host on your own server. Larger set of plugin is also the reason of switching. Review Source DI David I. Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Reliable CI/CD Tool with Powerful Automation Capabilities" June 11, 2024 5.0 Pros Jenkins is an incredibly versatile and reliable tool for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). As a senior automation tester, I appreciate its seamless integration with various version control systems, making it easy to trigger automated tests whenever new code is pushed by a developer. The extensive plugin ecosystem allows for significant customization and expansion of its functionalities. One of my favorite features is its ability to expose Allure reports, providing detailed and visually appealing test result reports that are easy to share with stakeholders. Cons While Jenkins is a powerful tool, it can be quite complex to set up and configure, especially for those who are new to it. The user interface, although functional, feels outdated and can be cumbersome to navigate at times. Additionally, managing a large number of plugins can sometimes lead to compatibility issues and maintenance overhead. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer SQA Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great tool for continuous build and integration in software businesses" December 17, 2018 5.0 We can solve one of the major problems of the deployments as Jenkins can take of our major continuous build and integration process and it is widely used in all the major and minor enterprise applications and the Jenkins source code is very free and is flexible and can be used in almost all the operating system. Pros Best of Jenkins is it comes with wide range of the plugin suite and is used as the automation server software that can achieve continuous integration. It supports wide range of the operating system like UNIX,LINUX,Windows,etc. Good thing is it is open source and can we used with wide range of the major tools like CVS,GIT,ANT,Maven etc. Jenkins is easy to use and is very flexible. In jenkins we can integrate large number of the servers as a result team across the world can work continuously integrating the project.Jenkins helps the developers in customizing the tool.In all most all the enterprise applications these Jenkins are used as a main tool for the continuous build and integration tool. Cons The least about the software is that there is only the tracking on version control but there is no tracking on jenkins itself which is a major drawback. Cost of the Jenkins is unpredictable and may vary time by time. This Jenkins has another drawback as this does not allow the commit made by one person to be view by another person and tracking the Jenkins build process is bit difficult in large projects Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Platform Engineer Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Jenkins - Feature Rich tool for CI/CD but ugly UI " October 13, 2022 4.0 Jenkins is an absolutely great tool for CI/CD & testing of your source code repositories. It allows branching strategies to work seamlessly & enables administrator to give very specific roles to users as well. One of the best things I like about Jenkins is the ability to re-run any failed pipeline & simply removing the stages that are not required to be run again so it can focus on failed part only. Pros Jenkins provides best & seamless integrations with any source code repositories. It's very easy to get started with Continuous integration, continuous delivery & testing environment with Jenkins. It also has huge number of plugins to help create pipelines in a complex use-case. Can be easily integrated with slack or other messaging platform for alerts. Also allows easy scheduling & re-run for failed pipelines. Cons Feature wise Jenkins is great, but it comes with a very outdated UI which I just find ugly. Navigation & feature enablement can be rather easy if they work on their UI & make it up to mark with other alternatives like circleCI Alternatives considered [CircleCI](https://www.capterra.com/p/150380/CircleCI/) Reason for choosing Jenkins Better features & a rather seamless integration with most source code repositories. Review Source Elen K. Product Owner Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Flexible and Scalable" June 12, 2023 5.0 Jenkins is a powerful and flexible automation server that facilitates CI/CD processes. Its extensive plugin ecosystem, flexibility, community support, and cost-effectiveness make it a popular choice for organizations of all sizes. However, users should consider the steep learning curve, complex setup and maintenance, user interface, security considerations, and resource requirements when evaluating Jenkins for their software development and delivery needs. Pros Jenkins plays a pivotal role in the DevOps toolchain, seamlessly integrating with other popular tools like Git, JIRA, Docker, and Kubernetes. It enables teams to automate and orchestrate their entire software development lifecycle, promoting collaboration and efficiency. Cons Jenkins' user interface may feel outdated and less intuitive compared to more modern CI/CD tools. The documentation, while comprehensive, might require improvement in terms of organization and ease of use. New users may need to rely on community resources and tutorials to navigate through initial setup and configuration. Review Source João Q. Software Architech Information Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Overall very good " September 8, 2023 5.0 Pros It is highly extensible and It is easy to use. Cons It can be a security risk - Jenkins is a web application, so it is susceptible to security attacks. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Line Producer & Sysops Admin Computer Games Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best open source solution for build machines" February 11, 2021 4.0 I would strongly recommand to consider Jenkins for your build machines. It's free, powerful and offers a lot of options that payed solution might not even propose. Pros Jenkins is fully open source, making it easy to install on almost any system. Jenkins comes with many different plugins that allows you to use it with your favorite Engine, versioning solution, etc... Jenkins offers many different ways of creating builds scenario, easy to understand steps, and strong scripting Cons It's not always easy to find support, and you might need to rely on your web searching skills in order to find some help. Updates can sometimes break plugins so you need to be careful with those. Luckly enough, there are ways to revert updates if necessary. It's not for Everyone, since setting up a server could take time and a lot of trial and errors. Alternatives considered [TeamCity](https://www.capterra.com/p/136011/Teamcity/) Reason for choosing Jenkins We were already used to Jenkins from our previous project and the plugins available with Jenkins, for our versioning solution, are better maintained and more up to date than the TeamCity ones. Review Source Hung V. Solution Architecture Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful CICD tool to handle all stage in pipeline" December 17, 2019 5.0 We use Jenkins as the main CICD in our project, we organize jobs with similar function into Group, we create jobs for the build, compile, and unit test each time a developer check-in their code to a specified branch and build a new version of artifact when having master branch commit. We add some additional plugin and create Jenkins jobs for run system test, automation test, and integration test automatically when having new commit to master and have jobs for deploy our new code to destination VMs on demand. Pros Jenkins is very simple to installation and configuration as standalone or cluster, just a few clicks to get Jenkins ready, it is flexible and easy to create Pipeline and Job from UI or by YML file. Jenkins support many plugins allows it easy to integrate with other tool and software such as AWS, Sonar, JMeter... and Jenkins support almost major language and OS. Cons Jenkins UI is simple and it is hard for manage when we have a large number of jobs and pipelines. It does not have features for tracking job history, sometimes accident deletes or changes a job and we unable to recover it. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing Jenkins We choose Jenkins as it is simple and flexible but powerfull to handle our CICD pipeline, it is popular and easy to find document and support from the community and easy to integrate with our source repository on Bitbucket, it also works well with our technology stack including Jmeter, Selenium, Java, Tomcat and AWS Review Source Sanchita A. Software Engineer Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A open source automation for continuous integration and delivery." March 30, 2019 5.0 Jenkins helps us in doing the deployment for the 500+ clients server in just few hours but before it would take weeks to do the same. Best thing in it the container can be also helpful in case we need the immediate rollback. Orchestration help to achieve the continuous integration and delivery. Pros Jenkins is one of the best automation tool for deployment. It’s easy to configure and maintain. The Jenkins implementation don’t need large code based enchantment to configure and implement it which makes it easy to opt. The build pipeline is easy to manage with it. Jenkins helps in boosting the agile process with automation which helps in speeding the delivery of the product. Jobs are easy to configure the build and deploy the code on multiple servers at once. Various third party pulgins give the wings to it. The large plugin community and easy plugin development make the process easy. Cons Jenkins jobs configuration wizard should be more enhanced and should come with some more features which help to setup the jobs faster. Jenkins should also increase the documentation on the plugins development. Before updating Jenkins we always need to check its compatibility with the other plugins we are working with, this process should be simple. Review Source AG Andrew G. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Quick build user turning Jenkins" October 17, 2022 4.0 I use jenkins daily as a build and deployment tool in an enterprise software setting. Pros The build monitoring and deployment automation are the key features for me. It also integrates well with version control. Cons I like the quick build layout and UI better Switched from [QuickBuild](https://www.capterra.com/p/171023/QuickBuild/) Only switched for certain apps that are cloud managed Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Web Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Jenkins for Web Developers" November 20, 2023 4.0 Pros Its open source which means free of use with no cost. It can easily catch bugs and automate the testing process, making it fast. Cons It can be tough to understand as a beginner if you are configuring complex build pipelines or integrating many plugins. Alternatives considered [Travis CI](https://www.capterra.com/p/179183/Travis-CI/)[GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing Jenkins Jenkins is widely used and it is open source Switched from [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)[Azure DevOps](https://www.capterra.com/p/170547/VSTS-DevOps/) It was an internal company decision to switch softwares Review Source CY Chetan Y. Project Lead Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Flexible CI and CD tool" August 27, 2021 4.0 It is a very good CI CD tool. If you use standard plugins and use standard CI CD workflows, and avoid complex groovy code, then Jenkins hits the sweet spot between user friendliness and flexibility. Pros Allows creating simple as well as very customized Jenkins pipelines. Allows scripting using Groovy and shell scripts. Has tons of useful plugins , easily integrates with many other software systems. It hits the sweet spot between high customizability and developer friendliness if you stick to standard workflows. Complex customization of build pipelines is also possible. Cons The ability to build very customized build pipelines is sometimes also a disadvantage. It's too easy to create a complicated pipeline with Groovy code which could be difficult to maintain. Also the Jenkins UI can be confusing for a novice user. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)[AWS CodeDeploy](https://www.capterra.com/p/234418/AWS-CodeDeploy/) Reason for choosing Jenkins We have many microservices , some infrastructure build pipelines with a few build customizations. Jenkins allows us to use shell scripts, Groovy code when we need customizations. In other cases where simpler pipelines suffice, we use the declarative syntax for creating Jenkins pipelines. For very simple pipelines we use the Jenkins UI for defining the pipeline. Review Source SD Sudipta D. Devops architect Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Jenkins easy to build up your devops" January 14, 2023 5.0 Pros Building up Devops is very easy using Jenkins and get integrated with any existing build mechanism Cons Jenkins visual appearance that could be improved and better organized Alternatives considered [Circle](https://www.capterra.com/p/10002260/Circle/) Review Source Vandana G. Business Analyst Management Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A product for continuous integration and delivery." April 28, 2019 5.0 Jenkins enhance the product life-cycle with power of automation. Deploying multiple clients servers is a job of few hours now. The Jenkins community or support are the most relevant place to discuss your issues in Jenkins. The job fail notification come with the details of the right place to investigate the issue. Pros Jenkins is a powerful tool for achieving the continuous integration and delivery. Jenkins provide the various plugins to build, test and deploy the code. Implementing the application don't need any major code changes. Large scale infrastructure can be easily managed by the distributed Jenkins architecture to build and deploy the projects in faster way. The rich set of plugins help in setting up the jobs steps. The open source code of Jenkins provide the transparency about each module. Cons Jenkins should provide the recommendation of pipelines as per the product needs. View filters need more enhancement for customization and Throttle build plugins keep stopping in the latest update. There are a limited plugins for snapshot of configuration as I think it should be an in-build feature of Jenkins itself. Review Source IR Ievgen R. DevOps Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Industry standard tool comfortable to use" July 17, 2023 5.0 Great tool for any size of the project team! Pros Works with all types of projects, all sorts of indurstiesQuite easy to maintainPlugins available for all your needsIntegrated with Git Cons UI can be a bit more intuitive - sometimes it is hard to find where are specific features located Alternatives considered [CircleCI](https://www.capterra.com/p/150380/CircleCI/)[QuickBuild](https://www.capterra.com/p/171023/QuickBuild/) Reason for choosing Jenkins It is widely accepted on similar projects, both Developers, QA and DevOps Engineers are comfortable to use it in their daily routine Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Jenkins is your CI/CD powerhouse software on skinny wallet" February 3, 2023 5.0 Very positive. Would recommend to anyone or company who has a need to automate their software development and might not be willing to spend the big bucks to get there right now. Pros Installation was easy, and the pipelines work religiously well. Executors handle Java memory allocation well. Love the plugins. You don't have to know how to write code to use some of the popular ones. I didn't use the cloud hosted option, but I know people who have who love it. Cons Some of the authentication stuff is a little confusing, but if you're on a small team it's probably easier to keep your installation secure that if you use it for a large organization with oAuth or SSO. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Technical Lead Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best CI/CD tool- Jenkins" November 7, 2022 5.0 Overall it is best application in the price range and is user friendly. Cost is moderate for the specifications it provides. Best CI/CD in the market. Pros One of the best ci/cd tool available in the market with less cost. This can be easily integrated with Github and jobs can be easily automated. Pipelines can be easily written in json language with predefined structures that are already present. Cons Backing up of the pipelines is little difficult compared to other applications and Jenkins team is working on the same , I hope it will be taken care asap. Customer care support can be improved . Reason for choosing Jenkins Cost effective compared to other products. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer DevOps Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Finest Open source CI/CD tool" July 19, 2022 5.0 Being an open source Jenkins is easy to modify, we have done a lot of modification in Jenkins according to our needs. It's one of the best CI/CD tool, it's features like easy installation, credential management, integration with other tools, plugins, free open source. We are running Jenkins on Kubernetes container which scale in/out based upon the load. Role based authentication and authorisation makes segregation between different teams easy. All in all working with Jenkins is wholesome. Pros As a DevOps team, we are offering this tool to all the developer across teams. It's one of the best CI/CD tool. Building and deploying projects become easy. As working in agile model, every sprint new features/patches getting deploy to different environments with Jenkins it becomes very easy and hassle free. Once you have created a pipeline, all will happen just with few clicks. Cons As it's an open source software. I couldn't think of any major difficulty using it. User Interface is little bit towards legacy side but that's ok. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Information Security Engineer Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Most used CI/CD Tool" August 4, 2022 4.0 I have used Jenkins past 5-6 years which helped me on most of the automation. And will be using in future too. Pros Installation and management is pretty much straight forward. And it can be deploy as a docker container which is a major plus point. Cons The UI interface is need more development when comparing to other tools. And rectifying build issues are harder. Alternatives considered [AWS CodePipeline](https://www.capterra.com/p/234449/AWS-CodePipeline/) Reason for choosing Jenkins The Pricing and the compatibility (availability of plugins) Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Lead Software Test Automation Engineer Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Flexible and constantly developing software for building robust Continuous Delivery" July 29, 2018 4.0 We visualized and streamlined our software release process thanks to Jenkins pipelines. Pros Rich set of functions that allow to schedule different software processes execution. Even more rich choice of plugins an ease to develop own plugin. We use Jenkins to streamline software we develop releases. We have changes signed daily for release and this is where Jenkins pipelines come to the stage. As soon as developer code is ready for review, it goes through automatic code quality checkup before other people start to review it. After review Jenkins takes care of the rest of phases such us preparing and deploying integration build and then safe roll out to our production servers Cons Not much options available for making backups. We also experienced serious issues when trying to perform major upgrade of Jenkins: the error was that Jenkins can no longer read job configs of older format (while we expected it converts all jobs automatically). As a result we need to perform a piece of manual work to perform an upgrade. Review Source ZP Zacharia P. Healthcare Consultant Biotechnology Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Jenkins is an absolute mainstay in software QA testing and engineering" February 27, 2022 5.0 It made my life 100% easier as a software QA tester, and then as a QA engineer working on software configurations. (Note: I used to work in software QA testing before my time in healthcare consulting) Pros I love the ease of use with Jenkins. When starting out in software QA, it was an easy and approachable piece of software that my entire team relied upon. Cons It is easy to approach, but also a bit on the basic side. Regardless, it's a fantastic platform for software QA. Review Source SM Shreyash M. Software Engineer Investment Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simple but efficient" August 26, 2022 5.0 Very clean and efficient Pros Very easy to create and customize multiple pipelines to handle all kinds of jobs for CI/CD Cons Slightly unfriendly user interface. Can be sometimes unclear as to what can be done Switched from [TeamCity](https://www.capterra.com/p/136011/Teamcity/) Teamcity was a lot of bells and whistles and also expensive Review Source Uddipan M. Data Engineering Lead Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Go to for CI/CD & Automation" May 2, 2022 5.0 Overall experience is great, as it helps in any kind of CI/CD including database, cloud services, Spark etc. Jenkins also helps to design pipelines with integration tests and supports highly build. The process makes software deployment very easy. Integration with git hub along with several plugins are very useful. Pros Jenkins is easy to learn software tool to ensure support automated deployments. Easy structure, pipeline management, effective security control helps, plugins, etc helps the product to be globally acceptable. Cons Nothing much, sometimes agents are down without auto recovery which created issues in production pipelines, but this is not a regular phenomenon. Review Source Flavio V. Software architect Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I love you, Mr. Jenkins!" April 26, 2022 5.0 Since when we adopted Jenkins (back in the middle age), our lives changed drastically for better! Today it is a vital piece in our CI/CD pipeline. Jenkins allows us to deliver better software, as we can identify almost on the fly automatic testing problems or building / integration errors. Pros Easy to install, manage and use. Dashboard very intuitive. Learning curve is very short , a walk on the park! Cons Difficult to say what I don´t like. Maybe the logo showing a guy using a red bow tie. Or wait! I got it! He is like a James Bond / 007 agent disguised, ready to find, kill, eliminate blockers and bugs in our software development process!!! Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Continuous Integration](https://www.capterra.com/continuous-integration-software/)