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JRebel vs Jenkins comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Jenkins
Ranking in Build Automation
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
JRebel
Ranking in Build Automation
30th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Jenkins is 9.9%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JRebel is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Build Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Jenkins9.9%
JRebel0.9%
Other89.2%
Build Automation
 

Featured Reviews

JI
Principal Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Efficient resource allocation and robust workflow with autoscaling capabilities
In Kubernetes, we use node-based architecture with nodes and pods and follow practices like RBAC and rollback. Multiple pods can run concurrently. We benefit from Kubernetes' ability to autoscale pods and use horizontal pod autoscalers to adjust the number of pods based on metrics like CPU or memory usage, ensuring efficient resource allocation and stability under load.
it_user177786 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Easy to configure, works well, has 'free' options (like Social)
Easy to configure, works well, has 'free' options (like Social) It gets the used time for redeploy in a development environment really fast and of course that's a good point. Development environment I had a little problem in redeploying applications using a specific…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Jenkins is very user-friendly."
"The initial setup is pretty simple."
"I have found the following features extremely helpful: It is open source and user-friendly, it can deploy code instantly and generate test reports, the requirements for continuous integration and continuous deployment can be configured manually, integration work is automated, and it can be integrated with other major tools."
"The most valuable features of Jenkins are the integration of automatic scripts for testing and the user's ability to use any script."
"It is very useful for us to be able to collect and manage automatic processing pipelines."
"The most valuable features are Jenkins Pipelines for ALM and full Deploy Cycle."
"Jenkins is the most popular automation engine in the world."
"Automation of chores like deployment, frequent manual tasks (like running scripts on test and production systems) reduced the time used and the number of errors made by engineers, freeing them to do meaningful work instead."
"Easy to configure, works well, has 'free' options (like Social)."
 

Cons

"The major drawback with Jenkins is the lack of support."
"There are a lot of things that they can try to improvise. They can reduce a lot of configurations."
"There are some difficulties when we need to execute the DB script."
"The learning curve is quite steep at the moment."
"Centralized user management would be helpful."
"We cannot change the ownership of any directory or file or any kind of directory."
"The solution's UI can use a facelift and the logs can use more detailed information."
"We need more licensed product integrations."
"I had a little problem in redeploying applications using a specific framework (reactor + spring) in a Maven multi-module project."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's free software with a big community behind it, which is very good."
"Jenkins is not expensive and reasonably priced."
"I used the free OSS version all the time. It was enough for all my needs."
"Jenkins is an open-source tool."
"The pricing for Jenkins is free."
"We are using the freeware version of Jenkins."
"We are using the free version of Jenkins. There are no costs or licensing."
"​It is free.​"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise58
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Questions from the Community

How does Tekton compare with Jenkins?
When you are evaluating tools for automating your own GitOps-based CI/CD workflow, it is important to keep your requirements and use cases in mind. Tekton deployment is complex and it is not very e...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jenkins?
Jenkins is used in many companies to save money, especially within R&D divisions, by avoiding the expenses of proprietary tools.
What needs improvement with Jenkins?
I do not have any notes for improvement.
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Sample Customers

Airial, Clarus Financial Technology, cubetutor, Metawidget, mysocio, namma, silverpeas, Sokkva, So Rave, tagzbox
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