Comparison

Flux CD vs Jenkins

No clear leader: Jenkins (54.6) and Flux CD (54.1) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Flux CD54
Jenkins55
Score
vioscaleAI score
Flux CD54 / 100low · 47%
Jenkins55 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Flux CD✓
Jenkins✓
Model
Price level
Flux CDfree
Jenkinsfree
Transparent
Flux CD–
Jenkins✓
Integrations
Count
Flux CD25
Jenkins1
Reliability
Status page
Flux CD–
Jenkins✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Flux CD10
Jenkins0
Github stars
Flux CD5,418
Jenkins26,648
Activity
Commits last 30d
Flux CD10
Jenkins100
Release
Cadence days
Flux CD50
Jenkins5
History
Flux CD20 items
Jenkins20 items
License
Spdx
Flux CDApache-2.0
JenkinsMIT
Language
Primary
Flux CDGo
JenkinsJava
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Flux CD7 items
Jenkins6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ci/cd tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Hosting
Flux CDCloud + self-hosted
JenkinsSelf-hosted only
Self-hosted runners
Flux CD✓
Jenkins✓
Core
Config-as-code pipelines
Flux CD✓
Jenkins✓
Matrix / parallel builds
Flux CD-
Jenkins✓
Build
Container-native builds
Flux CD✓
Jenkins✓
Performance
Build caching
Flux CD-
Jenkins-
Security
Secrets management
Flux CD✓
Jenkins-
Delivery
Deployment environments & approvals
Flux CD✓
Jenkins✓
Ecosystem
Reusable actions / marketplace
Flux CD-
Jenkins✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Flux CD

Continuous delivery solution for Kubernetes that enables GitOps workflows through automatic reconciliation from Git. A CNCF Graduated project.

Independently observed

Jenkins

A self-contained Java application that automates building, testing, and deployment workflows. Extensible through hundreds of community-maintained plugins and supports distributing work across multiple machines.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Flux CD

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Jenkins

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
Flux CD✗
Jenkins✓
Windows
Flux CD✗
Jenkins✓
Linux
Flux CD✗
Jenkins✓
CLI
Flux CD✓
Jenkins✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Flux CD✓
Jenkins✗
Self-hosted
Flux CD✓
Jenkins✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Flux CD

36 total
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • AWS S3
  • AWS EKS
  • AWS KMS
  • Azure
  • Azure Key Vault
  • Azure AKS
  • Azure DevOps
  • Azure Event Hubs
  • Google Cloud Artifact Registry
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Google Cloud Key Management Service
  • Google Kubernetes Engine
  • Google Cloud Pub/Sub
  • Slack
  • Google Chat
  • Kustomize
  • Helm
  • Harbor
  • Flagger
  • OCI
  • SOPS
  • +12 more
Independently observed

Jenkins

1 total
  • Subversion
Independently observed
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Flux CD or Jenkins: which one depends on you

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