Top 10 Most Popular Jenkins Alternatives for DevOps in 2024

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Jenkins

Jenkins may be a de-facto tool for CI/CD, but it’s no longer a shiny newcomer borne directly out of modern DevOps best practices. Although Jenkins is still relevant, newer tools can offer improved ergonomics and expanded functionality. These can be better suited to contemporary software delivery methods.

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Spacelift.io

Spacelift connects to popular VCS providers, including GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, and Azure DevOps. It integrates with your pull request workflows to allow developers to make infrastructure changes while respecting policies and guardrails enforced by administrators. Spacelift also defends against drift by automatically detecting and remediating unexpected changes in your environments.

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3

GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions is the CI/CD solution that’s built into GitHub, the most popular version control platform. It’s specifically designed to provide an intuitive experience for developers who want to run pipelines quickly without having to configure any separate software. Because it’s a managed SaaS service that’s specifically focused on CI/CD, there are no self-hosting requirements to navigate; pipelines themselves are also less complex to configure than in Jenkins.

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4

GitLab CI

GitLab CI/CD replicates much of Jenkins’ functionality but from a slightly different viewpoint. It’s less complex, yet simultaneously more dependent on manual configuration—GitLab’s catalog of prebuilt pipeline components remains a young beta. However, GitLab CI/CD also has several standout features including the ability to automatically run appropriate build, test, and deploy pipelines for your projects, from zero configuration.

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5

CircleCI

CircleCI can be a Jenkins replacement for teams seeking a managed experience where performance and support options are priorities. CircleCI is also investing heavily in building new capabilities that cater to the pipeline requirements of apps using AI and ML.

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6

Travis CI

Travis CI is known for its simple setup, quick parallel builds, and support for multiple architectures, including popular enterprise options like IBM PowerPC and IBM Z. It’s claimed that pipelines require approximately 33% less configurable code than other CI/CD solutions, which helps make the platform more approachable. Use it instead of Jenkins when you want a fast solution that’s backed by enterprise support.

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7

Codeship

CodeShip is a CloudBees SaaS platform that provides a managed CI/CD experience in the cloud. It’s designed to give control back to developers by providing a guided workflow for creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. This avoids much of the complexity that’s associated with Jenkins.

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AWS CodePipeline

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9

Azure DevOps

Azure Pipelines tightly integrates with GitHub to display pipeline statuses in your PRs, run jobs automatically in response to repository events, and automatically deploy your projects. The solution is also extensible with custom tasks and integrations, making it a good fit for teams that need to retain Jenkins’ customization capabilities but want a managed service that’s aligned to the Azure DevOps ecosystem.

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10

Bitbucket Pipelines

A key feature is the platform’s ability to provide end-to-end visibility of CI/CD activity, including within Jira issues. This makes it easy for devs and operators to see what’s shipped or is currently being built without needing to cross-reference multiple tools. BitBucket pipelines also support self-service developer access through Jira Service Management, allowing admins to monitor and approve any infrastructure change requests that are generated by dev-initiated pipelines.

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TeamCity

TeamCity supports all the main roles within the DevOps lifecycle, including developers, operators, managers, and administrators. It provides in-IDE feedback and test results to engineers, facilitates pipeline configuration reuse via templates, and includes a detailed dashboard for comprehensive visibility into pipeline activity, performance, and code quality. Obtaining this data from Jenkins can be complex and requires the use of external observability suites.

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