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CloudBees pros and cons

Vendor: CloudBees
4.2 out of 5
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PROS

CloudBees offers a flexible and straightforward deployment process, with features like one-click cluster deployment.
Frequent updates from CloudBees enable features such as SSL login and automated auditing, providing ongoing enhancements.
Customer support is responsive, with representatives who understand and address user requirements effectively.
CloudBees excels in automation, providing scalable solutions for automating pipeline setups and reducing manual intervention.
CloudBees integrates with multiple systems, such as GitHub and PDM, offering seamless connectivity across various platforms.

CONS

Errors have no preview at the point of occurrence.
Stability issues are prevalent, with frequent pipeline failures after merging.
CloudBees CI experiences reduced speed and availability, with some performance issues related to applications running many pipelines and pipeline failures.
Permissions often shift from the CloudBees user to the root user, causing pipeline execution failures.
Setup is complex, requiring a cloud architect and engineer.
 

CloudBees Pros review quotes

KishoreKumar4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Qe Lead at Cognizant
Apr 7, 2026
CloudBees is a good and efficient tool.
YashBrahmani - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate at BNP Paribas CIB
Aug 30, 2024
It’s a very good tool for auditing your project pipelines as well.
Jagadish Sahoo - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead Engineer at HSBC
Aug 2, 2024
The customer support is good. You get good representatives from CloudBees to help you and understand your requirements.
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Roland Sodeyi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Developer at ICAP
Aug 23, 2024
The most valuable feature of the solution is that its GUI is quite simple.
Jonatas L. R. Costa - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Developer Analyst at BRQ Digital Solutions
Sep 16, 2024
The most valuable features are Java features, microservice communication, payment validation, Jenkins Sonar, management master to CloudBees, Blue Ocean, JobConfig, and support.
Trevor Lacombe - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Automation Engineer at US Bank
Aug 7, 2024
The solution's most valuable feature is its flexibility.
Indian Agarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Engineer at Wipro Limited
Jul 12, 2024
CloudBees's user interface is very simple and user-friendly.
Nishant Narayan Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Sep 3, 2024
CloudBees updates its features frequently, so if we need something like SSL login, they enable it.
Swati Priya - PeerSpot reviewer
DevSecOps Engineer at Tata Consultancy
Aug 23, 2024
CloudBees operates seamlessly. Deploying to a cluster is straightforward—just one click, and the job is done.
VR
Senior Consultant DevOps Engineer at Oracle
Aug 9, 2024
It can manage multiple Jenkins instances.
 

CloudBees Cons review quotes

KishoreKumar4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Qe Lead at Cognizant
Apr 7, 2026
For CloudBees, I can suggest that the log is very high, which is very hectic for us when trying to find which error is coming.
YashBrahmani - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate at BNP Paribas CIB
Aug 30, 2024
A lot of stability issues are there with CloudBees.
Jagadish Sahoo - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead Engineer at HSBC
Aug 2, 2024
One challenge I'd like to highlight is that with CloudBees CI growing bigger and bigger, there are limitations in terms of managing old plugins and services and upgrading them with time.
Learn what your peers think about CloudBees. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: May 2026.
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Roland Sodeyi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Developer at ICAP
Aug 23, 2024
I think a preview of the errors would be good just at the point where the error occurs.
Jonatas L. R. Costa - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Developer Analyst at BRQ Digital Solutions
Sep 16, 2024
The user interface of CloudBees is good but could be even more intuitive. Improving the user-friendliness of the interface and having simpler setup configurations would greatly benefit new users.
Trevor Lacombe - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Automation Engineer at US Bank
Aug 7, 2024
To use the tool, you need to be familiar with the tool itself and with how it will be incorporated into the culture.
Indian Agarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Engineer at Wipro Limited
Jul 12, 2024
I noticed that CloudBees runs too slowly because some applications run more than 50 pipelines.
Nishant Narayan Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Sep 3, 2024
I would like to see improved speed and availability.
Swati Priya - PeerSpot reviewer
DevSecOps Engineer at Tata Consultancy
Aug 23, 2024
We've noticed occasional issues with folder permissions changing unexpectedly. Specifically, permissions sometimes shift from the CloudBees user to the root user. This can cause pipeline failures, as pipelines require the correct CloudBees user permissions to execute properly.
VR
Senior Consultant DevOps Engineer at Oracle
Aug 9, 2024
If you're logged in and working for about thirty minutes and then go idle for five to ten minutes, Jenkins will prompt you to re-authenticate.