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Jenkins
Jenkins Project
Open Source
Free Tier
Self-Hosted
Most-deployed open-source automation server.
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GitLab CI
GitLab
Open Source
Commercial
Free Tier
Cloud / SaaS
Self-Hosted
Integrated CI/CD pipelines inside GitLab.
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Specification comparison
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Limited / Moderate
Difficult / Steep
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| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free |
Free
(Community Edition); Premium $29/user/mo; Ultimate $99/user/mo
|
| Free tier / OSS |
100%
open source
|
Yes
— GitLab Free tier with 400 CI/CD minutes/mo
|
| License | MIT |
MIT
(CE) / Commercial (EE)
|
| Testing type | CI/CD | CI/CD |
| Languages / SDKs | Groovy (Pipeline DSL), shell | YAML pipeline definition |
| Supported platforms | Self-hosted on any OS / Docker / Kubernetes | SaaS (gitlab.com), self-hosted (Linux, Docker, Kubernetes) |
| Parallel testing |
Yes
— parallel pipeline stages & agents
|
Yes
— parallel jobs
|
| Speed |
Moderate
— depends on agent configuration
|
Fast
— SaaS runners + self-hosted option
|
| Key integrations | 1800+ plugins across the toolchain | Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, Jira, Slack, 1000+ integrations |
| Learning curve | Moderate |
Easy
to moderate
|
| Community / Support |
Massive,
longest-running CI/CD project
|
Very
large — 30M+ users
|
| Maintained by | Jenkins community / CD Foundation | GitLab Inc. |
| First released | 2011 (forked from Hudson, 2005) | 2012 |
| Latest version | See website | See website |
| Best suited for | Teams needing total control & on-prem CI/CD | Teams using GitLab wanting all-in-one DevOps platform |
| Official site | www.jenkins.io ↗ | docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/ ↗ |
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