# JetBrains TeamCity: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 14 judge labels across 2 categories by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/jetbrains-teamcity

## 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% | 40 | 46% | 13 |
| [Patch management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/patch-management/index.md) | 0% | 55 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Evaluate Harness or TeamCity when enterprise approvals, release controls, and complex delivery workflows outweigh platform simplicity." (Perplexity Sonar, CI/CD)
- "excellent for teams already using JetBrains or Atlassian tools" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, CI/CD)
- "Best for: .NET/Windows-focused teams" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, CI/CD)

## And against it

- "If you go open-source (Jenkins, TeamCity), you need engineers to maintain servers, upgrades, plugins, and high availability." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, CI/CD)
- "similar legacy tools like TeamCity or older Travis CI... much of it is "abandonware" vulnerable to exploits" (Grok 4.20, CI/CD)
- "Jenkins, GitLab, TeamCity, and similar systems can be risky when default settings remain unchanged" (Perplexity Sonar, CI/CD)
- "Organizations are moving from legacy tools (Jenkins, TeamCity, Travis CI) to modern platforms" (Kimi K2, CI/CD)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named JetBrains TeamCity, from 34 of the 36 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- blog.jetbrains.com: 22 (its own site)
- northflank.com: 12
- dev.to: 11
- augmentcode.com: 10
- accelq.com: 9
- github.com: 9
- intersog.co.il: 9
- circleci.com: 8
- linkedin.com: 8
- toolradar.com: 8

### Pages cited

- https://blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2026/03/best-ci-tools: 20
- https://northflank.com/blog/best-ci-cd-tools: 12
- https://accelq.com/blog/continuous-integration-tools: 9
- https://intersog.co.il/blog/best-tools-for-automating-ci-cd-pipelines-in-devops: 9
- https://augmentcode.com/tools/continuous-integration-tools: 8
- https://stepsecurity.io/blog/top-2024-predictions-for-ci-cd-security: 6
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-ci-cd-tools: 6
- https://toolradar.com/blog/best-ci-cd-tools: 6

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: Powerful continuous integration out of the box (https://jetbrains.com/)
- For: teams (https://jetbrains.com/)
- Customers named: Gradle Inc.

## What it publishes

Every page jetbrains.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 5048 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 3520 pages, 40 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 10 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-02-01
- webinar or virtual event: 313 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-01
- conference or event: 43 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-01
- report or ebook: 104 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-07-01
- comparison: 10 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-04-01
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 85 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-10-01
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2020-12-01
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Dotnet https://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: JetBrains Air: Building a System of Products for Agentic Software Development - The JetBrains Blog https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2026/09/22/introducing-jetbrains-air
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: Introducing jetbrains air https://blog.jetbrains.com/zh-hans/blog/2026/09/23/introducing-jetbrains-air
- Recent: 2026-09-01 conference or event: Join us at the zephyr project meetup in amsterdam https://blog.jetbrains.com/clion/2026/09/join-us-at-the-zephyr-project-meetup-in-amsterdam
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: Hard fault debugging https://blog.jetbrains.com/clion/2026/09/hard-fault-debugging
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: Rd 2026 2 3 https://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2026/09/28/rd-2026-2-3/

## 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.