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Attribute Ratings
- AWS CodePipeline is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Support Rating
- Jenkins is rated higher in 1 area: Performance
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
AWS CodePipeline
90%
8 Ratings

8.2
Jenkins
82%
54 Ratings
Usability
9.0
AWS CodePipeline
90%
1 Rating

5.0
Jenkins
50%
3 Ratings
Performance
7.6
AWS CodePipeline
76%
6 Ratings

8.9
Jenkins
89%
12 Ratings
Support Rating
9.1
AWS CodePipeline
91%
4 Ratings

6.6
Jenkins
66%
12 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
AWS CodePipeline
I think AWS CodePipeline is a great tool for anyone wanted automated deployments in a multi-server/container AWS environment. AWS also offers services like Elastic Beanstalk that provide a more managed hosting & deployment experience. CodePipeline is a good middle ground with solid, built-in automation with enough customizability to not lock people into one deployment or architecture philosophy.
Founder
Alec Dibble ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Jenkins
Jenkins helps the flow of build from the development team to the QA team. Can be really helpful in doing continuous builds, but when this feature is turned on the development team must have great communication otherwise the risk of broken builds become very high. In the long run, we found it made things easier when we just pushed the build manually and appointed a team member the build master.
Software Engineering Manager
C Technologies IncPharmaceuticals, 501-1000 employees
Pros
AWS CodePipeline
- It is reliable and works without errors
- It integrates well with our repository and all other AWS functions as well as our end database

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Automotive Company, 10,001+ employeesJenkins
- Automatic jobs: there are infinite possibilities when it comes to Jenkins. You can run code against any testing suite you can imagine or conjure up. You can deploy applications at any time anywhere, automatically with no human intervention. If a certain stage fails, it will notify the team and your sysadmin of the issue so you can resolve it as quickly as possible
- Automatic rollback: because of how Jenkins works, it can hold off publishing code and integrate locally to run QA procedures before pushing to deployment. This means that bugs are caught before your servers are updated and prevents a faulty program from affecting your downtime in the first place. Its a game changer for high availability.
Vice President
Texas InventionworksInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Cons
AWS CodePipeline
- Ease of use - things like CircleCI or other tools are a bit easier to learn.
- Ability to build from more sources.
Software Developer
Blink LendingComputer Software, 11-50 employees
Jenkins
- Once we organized a hackathon with our GitHub Storage. Jenkins was integrated at that time. We had a 20GB plan, but it oversized to 50GB. We had to bear a large sum of money which was unpredicted by our company. Being a startup we cannot bear such mistakes.
- Jenkins cannot be easily studied and managed. We have to recruit personnel part-time for managing and servicing the server.
- Though it is open source, there is no dedicated community driven forum or support. There are 3rd party discussion and support portals. Thus, we use Gitter always for debugging and solutions.

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employeesPricing Details
AWS CodePipeline
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0
AWS CodePipeline Editions & Modules
Edition
Free Tier | Free |
---|---|
AWS CodePipeline | $12 |
- none
- per active pipeline/per month
Additional Pricing Details
—Jenkins
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Jenkins Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Usability
AWS CodePipeline
AWS CodePipeline 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Overall, I give AWS Codepipeline a 9 because it gets the job done and I can't complain much about the web interface as much of the action is taking place behind the scenes on the terminal locally or via Amazon's infrastructure anyway. It would be nicer to have a better flowing and visualizable web interface, however.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesJenkins
Jenkins 5.0
Based on 3 answers
While the day to day use is very easy, the configuration and setting up of the system or new projects can be cumbersome.
Software Engineering Manager
C Technologies IncPharmaceuticals, 501-1000 employees
Performance
AWS CodePipeline
AWS CodePipeline 7.6
Based on 6 answers
AWS CodePipeline only speeds the delivery of code, it does not slow down any other used software and integrates perfectly with other tools. Although it is a web-based tool, it has great performance and compatibility. Besides that, it is greatly enhanced by the other tools of AWS. It is not only limited to AWS tools but can be used with other tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, etc.
Software Developer
Globalsoft SolutionsComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Jenkins
Jenkins 8.9
Based on 12 answers
Sometimes I feel like I am using software developed at the '90s. The Jenkins functioning is amazing. It fulfills its role, but when we are talking about the user interface, it is something painful sometimes, and unfortunately, I didn't see investment and/or improvement on this part over the past few years. Another thing I couldn't forget to mention is about the ecosystem around Jenkins, there are a bunch of plugins, but due to this flexibility, we caught ourselves struggling with broken plugins several times.
DevOps Engineer
Two Hat SecurityComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees
Support Rating
AWS CodePipeline
AWS CodePipeline 9.1
Based on 4 answers
We didn't need a lot of support with AWS CodePipeline as it was pretty straightforward to configure and use, but where we ran into problems, the AWS community was able to help. AWS support agents were also helpful in resolving some of the minor issues we encountered, which we could not find a solution elsewhere.
Lead Consultant - Technology
VirtusaComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Jenkins
Jenkins 6.6
Based on 12 answers
There is a large development community - but it is shifting as people move towards other tools. A lot of companies still use Jenkins and will build propriety tools, which doesn't help any of the open-source community.Jenkins has a lot of help and support online, but other, more modern, alternatives will have better support for newer tech.
Software Developer
FinmoComputer Software, 1-10 employees
Alternatives Considered
AWS CodePipeline
CodeCommit and CodeDeploy can be used with CodePipeline so it’s not really fair to stack them against each other as they can be quite the compliment. The same goes for Beanstalk, which is often used as a deployment target in relation to CodePipeline.
CodePipeline fulfills the CI/CD duty, where the other services do not focus on that specific function. They are supplements, not replacements. CodePipeline will detect the updated code and handle deploying it to the actual instance via Beanstalk.
Jenkins is open source and not a native AWS service, that is its primary differentiator. Jenkins can also be used as a supplement to CodePipeline.
CodePipeline fulfills the CI/CD duty, where the other services do not focus on that specific function. They are supplements, not replacements. CodePipeline will detect the updated code and handle deploying it to the actual instance via Beanstalk.
Jenkins is open source and not a native AWS service, that is its primary differentiator. Jenkins can also be used as a supplement to CodePipeline.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employeesJenkins
We previously utilized Hudson - which was limited and did not have the extensive plugin abilities of Jenkins. We selected Jenkins for it's ease of use, beautiful interface, and stability. Other software such as Hudson and Bamboo didn't provide these abilities.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesReturn on Investment
AWS CodePipeline
- CodePipeline has reduced ongoing devops costs for my clients, especially around deployment & testing.
- CodePipeline has sped up development workflow by making the deployment process automated off git pushes. Deployment takes very little coordination as the system will just trigger based on what is the latest commit in a branch.
- CodePipeline offered a lot of out-of-the-box functionality that was much simpler to setup than a dedicated CI server. It allowed the deployment process to built and put into production with much less and effort and cost compared to rolling the functionality manually.
Founder
Alec Dibble ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Jenkins
- Low investment: As the software is open source, there is no purchase required for on-premises installations, and there is a low barrier to entry for companies offering hosted solutions. This leads to competition on price, and therefore lower prices.
- Saves time by automating manual tasks: There are often a lot of repetitive tasks that need to be done to prepare for a release, and Jenkins enables these tasks to be run easily and frequently (for example, running tasks on every pull request)
- Near-immediate returns: Spend a day or two and easily automate most common tasks. Reports are visible so that managers and team leads can keep an eye on code quality.
Software Engineer - OpenShift
Red HatComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees