Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Jenkins
Jenkins clearly comes out ahead of Buildkite on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Buildkite's paid plans start at $30/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Buildkite | Jenkins Project |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSecSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | devops | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Jenkins
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| Feature | buildkite | jenkins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Year Build Retention | ||
| 1,800+ Plugins | ||
| 10 Concurrent Self-Hosted Agents Per Org/Mo | ||
| Continuous Delivery | ||
| 1Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined)/Mo | ||
| Continuous Integration | ||
| 2,000 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| Distributed Builds | ||
| 20Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined) Per Org/Mo | ||
| Platform Independence | ||
| 250 Managed Tests Per Org/Mo | ||
| 3 Concurrent Jobs (Hosted+Self-Hosted) Per Org/Mo | ||
| 500 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| 50K Test Executions/Mo | ||
| 90 Days Build Retention | ||
| Advanced Governance & Control | ||
| Build Exports | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Custom Scim, Saml, Adfs | ||
| Github Enterprise Support | ||
| Job Retries Report | ||
| Pause Queues | ||
| Premium Support With Sla | ||
| Priority Email Support | ||
| Sso | ||
| Unlimited Pipelines | ||
| Unlimited Test Executions | ||
| User & Api Activity Audit Logs | ||
| Volume Discounts For Test Engine, Package Registries, And Hosted Agents | ||
| Waterfall View |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Jenkins comes out ahead overall, though Buildkite can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Buildkite and Jenkins offer a free tier.
Jenkins scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Jenkins is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
