# Jenkins: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 67 judge labels across 2 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/jenkins

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [CI/CD platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/ci-cd-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 50 | 62% | 66 |
| [Workflow orchestration](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/workflow-orchestration/index.md) | 0% | 93 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Jenkins if you need maximum flexibility, own your infrastructure, and have the team resources to maintain it." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, CI/CD)
- "Cheapest in licensing terms... but it requires someone to maintain servers, plugins, security, and upgrades." (Perplexity Sonar, CI/CD)
- "You want maximum flexibility and are comfortable running the service yourself: consider Jenkins." (GPT-6 Luna, CI/CD)
- "Self-Hosted Open-Source Options (e.g., Jenkins, Woodpecker CI, or Drone) – Best for ultra-low budgets." (Grok 4.20, CI/CD)

## And against it

- "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, CI/CD)
- "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, CI/CD)
- "Avoid if you value low maintenance and modern cloud-native workflows; use only if you need deep, legacy customization." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, CI/CD)
- "Avoid Jenkins unless you have specific requirements for air-gapped deployment or highly customized pipelines" (MiniMax M2.5, CI/CD)

## 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 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Jenkins, from 151 of the 192 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- blog.jetbrains.com: 61
- dev.to: 48
- northflank.com: 48
- toolradar.com: 43
- circleci.com: 37
- intersog.co.il: 36
- github.com: 35
- accelq.com: 34
- gane.ai/index: 32
- thectoclub.com: 27

### Pages cited

- https://blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2026/03/best-ci-tools: 58
- https://northflank.com/blog/best-ci-cd-tools: 43
- https://intersog.co.il/blog/best-tools-for-automating-ci-cd-pipelines-in-devops: 36
- https://accelq.com/blog/continuous-integration-tools: 34
- https://toolradar.com/blog/best-ci-cd-tools: 31
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-ci-cd-tools: 26
- https://toolradar.com/best/ci-cd: 26
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/ci-cd-pipeline: 24

## In its own words

What Jenkins's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: the leading open source automation server (https://jenkins.io/)
- For: developers around the world (https://jenkins.io/)

## What it publishes

Every page jenkins.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10949 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 965 pages, 20 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- case study: 22 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-29
- webinar or virtual event: 10 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-24
- conference or event: 129 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-24
- report or ebook: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-25
- comparison: 46 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-07-16
- template or tool: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-08-05
- glossary or explainer: 47 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-10-16
- podcast or video: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2015-02-01
- news or press: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-07-24
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Admin blog 02 https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2026/09/21/admin-blog_02/
- Recent: 2026-09-11 blog: Arjun 713 final blog https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2026/09/11/arjun-713-final-blog/
- Recent: 2026-09-10 blog: Investigating build regressions from the last known good build https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2026/09/10/investigating-build-regressions-from-the-last-known-good-build/
- Recent: 2026-09-08 blog: Daniele caldarigi gsoc final blog post https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2026/09/08/daniele-caldarigi-gsoc-final-blog-post/
- Recent: 2026-09-07 blog: Adopt a modern idp without replacing your ci https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2026/09/07/adopt-a-modern-idp-without-replacing-your-ci/
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: Plugin of the month oras artifact manager https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2026/09/01/plugin-of-the-month-oras-artifact-manager/

## Record

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