Jenkins 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Interface
Pros and Cons
Popular Alternatives
Pricing and Plans
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Overview

Jenkins

4.5

(568)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

Top Alternatives

About Jenkins

Jenkins is an open-source automation server that provides multiple plugins to create, deploy and automate the delivery of any projects. It enables IT professionals to implement continuous integration or continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and distribute tasks across multiple systems.

Jenkins offers a variety of features such as access control, activity dashboard, application management, system monitoring, analytics and more. It helps software developers automatically update changes in projects and handle application testing processes. Additionally, it allows administrators to create back-ups and restore Jenkins servers and nodes.

Jenkins comes with an application programming interface (API), which facilitates integration with several third-party platforms such as Acunetix, Gatekeeper, GitHub, Jira, Microsoft Azure and more. The platform is available to users for free and support is extended via phone, email, documentation and other online measures.

Jenkins User Interface

Popular Jenkins Alternatives

Main Product

Jenkins

4.5

(568)

Ratings Breakdown

4.14Ease of use
4.58Value for money
4.05Customer support
4.52Functionality

Pricing

Available upon request

Alternative Product

Jira

4.4

(15298)

Ratings Breakdown

4.08Ease of use
4.28Value for money
4.20Customer support
4.44Functionality

Pricing

Starting at $7.91 per month

Alternative Product

TeamCity

4.5

(51)

Ratings Breakdown

4.06Ease of use
4.26Value for money
4.22Customer support
4.26Functionality

Pricing

Starting at $45.00 per month

Alternative Product

GitHub

4.8

(6151)

Ratings Breakdown

4.41Ease of use
4.63Value for money
4.35Customer support
4.66Functionality

Pricing

Starting at $4.00 per month

Alternative Product

GitLab

4.6

(1215)

Ratings Breakdown

4.37Ease of use
4.49Value for money
4.20Customer support
4.57Functionality

Pricing

Starting at $29.00 per month

Alternative Product

Bitbucket

4.6

(1343)

Ratings Breakdown

4.42Ease of use
4.50Value for money
4.28Customer support
4.45Functionality

Pricing

Starting at $3.30 per month

Jenkins Pros and Cons

We analyzed 568 verified reviews for Jenkins to find out what actual users really think.

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Automated Deployment Capabilities

Automating build and deployment processes is straightforward with Jenkins. Users can configure jobs to deploy code across multiple environments, manage releases efficiently, and utilize plugins for cloud and on-premise deployments. This streamlines releases, reduces manual effort, and supports continuous delivery for various application types.

Jenkins Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

Pricing available upon request

No plan information available

Jenkins Features

Popular features found in Continuous Integration
Automated Testing
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Deployment
Debugging
More features of Jenkins
Access Controls/Permissions
Activity Dashboard
API
Application Management
Authentication
Monitoring
Pipeline Management
Version Control

Jenkins Integrations

GitHub

Integration rated 4.9 from 55 reviews

Jira

Integration rated 4.6 from 25 reviews

Bitbucket

Integration rated 4.6 from 21 reviews

Slack

Integration rated 5.0 from 14 reviews

GitLab

Integration rated 4.9 from 13 reviews

SonarQube

Integration rated 4.6 from 11 reviews

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Jenkins User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

58%

38%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.1

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

4.0

Functionality

4.5

Parvathy G.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2023

Jenkins is a must for Devops Engineer

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

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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

Reasons for choosing Jenkins

Jenkins has many plugins and additional features, also its more user friendly

Gábor S.

Verified reviewer

Telecommunications

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2023

Easy to understand, ease of use, and sense of the operation of automation and scripting

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Reasons 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.

Reasons for switching to Jenkins

There is much room for consideration and input if you want to automate and schedule jobs and script files for the entire system.

Verified

Reviewer

Biotechnology

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2019

The swiss army knife of CI/CD

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Previously 4

Pros:

Lots of community plugins. Powerful features for expressing complex pipelines.

Cons:

Plugins often break when used in certain combinations making it nerve-wracking to upgrade.

Abhirup B.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

5001-10000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2022

The best open source business process automation in the market

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Reasons for choosing Jenkins

Jenkins is open source and provides far more customizability than GitLab.

Verified

Reviewer

Financial Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2022

Best CICD

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Reasons for choosing Jenkins

It has better interface for designing the pipeline and automation.

Tamseel A.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2019

Jenkins is great open source continuous integration tool for large scale applications.

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Reasons for switching to Jenkins

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.

Hung V.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2019

Powerful CICD tool to handle all stage in pipeline

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

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.

Reasons 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

Marek H.

Verified reviewer

Biotechnology

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2023

Powerful tool, with not so nice user experience

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I never encountered that something could not be done on Jenkins. Jenkins is very versatile tool for CICD purposes.

Cons:

The UI is a bit complex and the learning curve is steep. The UI of the website has not changed much in last years making it look a bit out-dated.We usually highly under-estimated time spent on any workflow that needed to be done in Jenkins.

Reasons for switching to Jenkins

(more specifically GitHub Actions) We decided that it suits better our use cases.

Salvatore R.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Jenkins is Mandatory for DevOps Style

Is the better tool to the CI/CD Deployment, for DevOps is a Must.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I use Jenkins from 2 years now and is the best software con Continuous Integration and Continuous Deploy process. Have a lot of plugins integrated like as JaCoCo, sonar, maven etc. Develop and release are become very simply and automated with jenkins.

Cons:

The first Installation is not very simple, with docker can be improved. Any plugins have a problems with legacy version of Jenkins

Reasons for choosing Jenkins

Is a free basic tool and have a lot plugins integrated.

Reasons for switching to Jenkins

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