CloudBees CI vs QuickBuild

CloudBees CI is a centrally managed Jenkins environment for teams delivering continuous integration at scale. It can run on-premise or in the public cloud, with a modern cloud platform designed for Kubernetes and a traditional platform edition. Operations Center provides a central view across CI controllers. Pipeline capabilities include complex delivery pipelines, declarative syntax, and builds that can survive controller and agent failures. The CloudBees Assurance Program vets plugins, while Beekeeper helps administrators monitor and manage plugin upgrades. Documented integrations include GitHub and Bitbucket, plus Slack and Microsoft Teams. Security options include central management, role-based access control, single sign-on, and connections to external credential stores such as CyberArk and HashiCorp Vault. CloudBees CI is paid, with pricing available on request, and has no free plan. 24/7 expert support depends on the customer’s support agreement. CloudBees support policies cover only CloudBees-certified plugins on services based on Jenkins core.

QuickBuild is a continuous integration and deployment server for DevOps teams. Builds can start after commits, on schedules, or when dependencies finish, with progress and logs reported in real time. Visual drag-and-drop workflow design supports reuse across projects through inheritance and variables. Pipelines can promote builds, track deployments, and roll back to a previous deployment. Its build grid scales across nodes and can launch on-demand nodes in AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes environments. QuickBuild lists source-control support for Git, Subversion, Perforce, Mercurial, and Team Foundation Server, plus issue trackers including JIRA, Trac, Bugzilla, TeamForge, and Redmine. Test reporting covers JUnit and NUnit, with inspection and coverage reporting for tools including Checkstyle, FindBugs, PMD, and Cobertura. Access controls include role- and project-based permissions, LDAP and Active Directory integration, single sign-on, SSL, IP binding, and activity auditing. It is available for web, Windows, Linux, macOS, and self-hosted deployment, with an API. The Community License is free for up to 16 configurations; the qualifying Open Source License is free with unlimited configurations. The Enterprise Site License costs $3,600 as a one-time purchase per physical site, including one year of commercial service.