2 categories · RankedJenkins
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI/CD platforms | Developer platform | 2% | 5 of 45 | 63% | 57 | criticized challenger |
| Secrets management | Identity and access | 0% | 31 of 40 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Doppler at 33% |
Movement
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“and Jenkins (self‑hosted) if you can spare a little time/infrastructure to manage it” GLM 4.7 FlashX · CI/CD · budget prompt · first choice
“If you want maximum control and have technical resources, Jenkins or Drone CI are excellent free options.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · CI/CD · budget prompt · alternative
“Air-gapped / bare-metal / hardware-attached builds / hard regulatory constraints → Jenkins (self-hosted only)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · CI/CD · scale prompt · alternative
“Best for $0 Software Cost (but not $0 total cost) ... You must self-host and self-manage it.” Kimi K2 · CI/CD · budget prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Jenkins is often described as a legacy platform with high maintenance overhead... the maintenance burden outweighs the benefits.” Mistral Small · CI/CD · negative prompt · hard negative
“you should actively avoid it unless you have highly restrictive, air-gapped on-premise infrastructure requirements.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · CI/CD · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“For a mid-market company, avoid Jenkins unless you have deep legacy infrastructure dependencies” Gemini 3.5 Flash · CI/CD · direct prompt · hard negative
“Not recommended unless you lack internet access or have highly unique networking requirements.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · CI/CD · direct prompt · hard negative
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 129 of the 167 answers that named Jenkins and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
469 of the 469 domain citations in answers naming Jenkins came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
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