2 categories · RankedJenkins
Jenkins is an open source automation server used to automate software build, test and deployment tasks, commonly as a CI/CD platform · jenkins.io ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
GitHub Actions is first at 88%.
GitHub Actions is first at 70%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
GitLab CI/CD is first at 54%.
Why models recommend it
“Choose Jenkins if you need maximum flexibility, own your infrastructure, and have the team resources to maintain it.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Cheapest in licensing terms... but it requires someone to maintain servers, plugins, security, and upgrades.”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“You want maximum flexibility and are comfortable running the service yourself: consider Jenkins.”GPT-6 Luna · Comparative question · alternative
“Self-Hosted Open-Source Options (e.g., Jenkins, Woodpecker CI, or Drone) – Best for ultra-low budgets.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Many mid-sized teams are migrating *away* from it due to operational burden—avoid unless you have dedicated DevOps staff for it.”Grok 4.20 · Paraphrase question · warning
“Jenkins is one such platform that requires a dedicated sysadmin-level skill set to manage and has a high negative label rate”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“Avoid if you value low maintenance and modern cloud-native workflows; use only if you need deep, legacy customization.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Avoid Jenkins unless you have specific requirements for air-gapped deployment or highly customized pipelines”MiniMax M2.5 · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Jenkins, over the 192 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | 105 | View → | |
| 179 | 52 | View → | |
| 149 | 4 | View → | |
| 74 | 4 | View → | |
| 57 | 0 | View → | |
| 48 | 0 | View → | |
| 45 | 0 | View → | |
| 34 | 0 | View → | |
| 33 | 0 | View → | |
| 33 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Jenkins →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Jenkins's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- developers around the world
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 151 of the 192 answers that named Jenkins and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
369 of the 401 domain citations in answers naming Jenkins came from a third party's page. Thirty-two were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 965 | 20 | 2026-09-21 | ||
| Conference or event | 129 | 1 | 2026-08-24 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 47 | 0 | 2023-10-16 | ||
| Comparison | 46 | 0 | 2025-07-16 | ||
| Case study | 22 | 0 | 2026-03-29 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 10 | 1 | 2026-08-24 | ||
| Report or ebook | 8 | 0 | 2026-05-25 | ||
| Template or tool | 5 | 0 | 2025-08-05 | ||
| Podcast or video | 3 | 0 | 2015-02-01 | ||
| News or press | 2 | 0 | 2023-07-24 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-21Admin blog 02 blog
- 2026-09-11Arjun 713 final blog blog
- 2026-09-10Investigating build regressions from the last known good build blog
- 2026-09-08Daniele caldarigi gsoc final blog post blog
- 2026-09-07Adopt a modern idp without replacing your ci blog
- 2026-09-01Plugin of the month oras artifact manager blog
Events in person
- January 30, 2026Jenkins Contributor SummitBrussels · hosted
As the event pages on jenkins.io state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page jenkins.io exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.