# CI/CD platforms for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "CI/CD platform" and as "continuous integration and delivery tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/ci-cd-platforms/2026-09/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/ci-cd-platforms/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** GitLab CI/CD leads with 44% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 50 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [GitLab CI/CD](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/gitlab-ci-cd/index.md) | 44% | 9% | 65 |
| 2 | [GitHub Actions](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/github-actions/index.md) | 16% | 24% | 46 |
| 3 | [GitHub](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/github/index.md) | 12% | 0% | 15 |
| 4 | [Azure DevOps](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-devops/index.md) | 8% | 9% | 35 |
| 5 | [Jenkins](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/jenkins/index.md) | 8% | 51% | 53 |
| 6 | [Buildkite](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/buildkite/index.md) | 6% | 17% | 18 |
| 7 | CloudBees CI | 2% | 0% | 11 |
| 8 | [CircleCI](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/circleci/index.md) | 2% | 32% | 44 |
| 10 | [Harness](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/harness/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 26 |
| 11 | [JetBrains TeamCity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/jetbrains-teamcity/index.md) | 0% | 21% | 24 |
| 12 | [Octopus Deploy](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/octopus-deploy/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 39 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions; alternatives GitLab CI/CD
- GPT-5.4 mini: GitHub Actions; alternatives AWS CodePipeline, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: GitHub, GitLab CI/CD; alternatives Argo CD, Azure DevOps, Buildkite, Harness
- Perplexity Sonar: GitLab CI/CD; alternatives Azure Pipelines, CircleCI, Harness, Jenkins
- Grok 4.20: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD; alternatives Atlassian, Azure DevOps, CircleCI, CloudBees CI
- Mistral Small: GitLab CI/CD; alternatives Buildkite, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD; alternatives Azure DevOps, CircleCI, Jenkins
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice; alternatives Buildkite, CircleCI, Octopus Deploy
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: GitLab CI/CD; alternatives CircleCI, CloudBees CI, GitHub Actions
- Kimi K2: GitLab CI/CD; alternatives Azure DevOps, Buildkite, GitHub Actions, Harness
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: GitHub Actions; alternatives Azure DevOps, CircleCI, GitLab CI/CD, JetBrains TeamCity
- MiniMax M2.5: Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD

## Sources the answers cite

62 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- octopus.com: 36 answers, 40 citations
- blog.jetbrains.com: 32 answers, 38 citations
- toolradar.com: 26 answers, 28 citations
- deployhq.com: 20 answers, 20 citations
- checkthat.ai: 17 answers, 20 citations
- em360tech.com: 17 answers, 17 citations
- augmentcode.com: 15 answers, 18 citations
- circleci.com: 14 answers, 24 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://octopus.com/devops/ci-cd/ci-cd-tools-for-enterprise (35 answers)
- https://blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2026/03/best-ci-tools (28 answers)
- https://toolradar.com/blog/best-ci-cd-tools (25 answers)
- https://deployhq.com/blog/best-ci-cd-software-top-10-tools-to-know-in-2025 (17 answers)
- https://em360tech.com/top-10/top-enterprise-ci-cd-tools (17 answers)
- https://checkthat.ai/answers/what-are-the-best-ci-cd-tools (14 answers)
- https://augmentcode.com/tools/continuous-integration-tools (13 answers)
- https://devopsness.com/blog/best-cicd-platforms (12 answers)
- https://in-com.com/blog/top-ci-cd-tools-comparison-for-enterprises-architectures-pipelines-and-delivery-risk (10 answers)
- https://kuberns.com/blogs/best-cicd-tools (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Jenkins: 27 of 53 labels negative. "If you are still on Jenkins, make a migration plan to GitHub, GitLab, or Harness your priority." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, direct prompt)
- CircleCI: 14 of 44 labels negative. "GitHub Actions (hosted) and CircleCI (cloud) — per-minute/credit billing that scales linearly and sometimes super-linearly" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- GitHub Actions: 11 of 46 labels negative. "What to avoid for this requirement - GitHub Actions (hosted) and CircleCI (cloud) — per-minute/credit billing that scales linearly" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Atlassian Bamboo: 6 of 9 labels negative. "Why to Avoid: Atlassian announced a firm timeline to phase out its Data Center product line." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, September 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.