Comparison

Jenkins vs Nx

No leader: the top candidate Nx has only 0.30 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. 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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Jenkins55
Nx59
Score
vioscaleAI score
Jenkins55 / 100high · 75%
Nx59 / 100low · 30%
Pricing
Free tier
Jenkins✓
Nx✓
Model
Price level
Jenkinsfree
Nxmid
Starting price
Jenkins–
Nx$29
Transparent
Jenkins✓
Nx✓
Integrations
Count
Jenkins1
Nx18
Security
Disclosure policy
Jenkins✓
Nx–
Scorecard
Jenkins6.7
Nx–
Soc2
Jenkins✓
Nx–
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Jenkins✓
Nx✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Jenkins0
Nx–
Github stars
Jenkins26,648
Nx–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Jenkins100
Nx–
Release
Cadence days
Jenkins5
Nx–
History
Jenkins20 items
Nx–
License
Spdx
JenkinsMIT
Nx–
Language
Primary
JenkinsJava
Nx–
Content
Faq

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

Nx

Nx is a build system and CI platform optimized for monorepos and polyglot codebases. It accelerates builds through intelligent caching and task deduplication, distributes work across machines, and provides integrated CI with security features.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Jenkins

Open source
as of verify ↗

Nx

from $29/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans from $29/month with usage-based add-ons.

  • HobbyFree
    • 50,000 monthly credits
    • 5 complimentary contributors
    • 10 concurrent CI connections
    • All Nx Agents resource types
    • Basic analytics
    • +1 more
  • Team$29/month
    • All Hobby features
    • $29 monthly usage credit included
    • Email support
    • Additional credits at $5.50 per 10,000
    • Additional contributors at $19 each
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Team features
    • Conformance rules and circular dependency detection
    • Cross-repository visibility
    • CI observability and premium analytics
    • Dedicated support with SLAs
    • +3 more
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Jenkins✗
Nx✓
macOS
Jenkins✓
Nx✗
Windows
Jenkins✓
Nx✗
Linux
Jenkins✓
Nx✗
CLI
Jenkins✗
Nx✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Jenkins✗
Nx✓
Self-hosted
Jenkins✓
Nx✓
On-premise
Jenkins✗
Nx✓

Integrations

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

Jenkins

1 total
  • Subversion
Independently observed

Nx

25 total
  • Cursor
  • GitHub Copilot
  • JetBrains
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Azure DevOps
  • Bitbucket
  • VS Code
  • JetBrains IntelliJ
  • Claude
  • Vite
  • Webpack
  • Jest
  • ESLint
  • Gradle
  • Vitest
  • Maven
  • .NET
  • Go
  • Angular
  • React
  • Python
  • Rust
  • +1 more
Independently observed
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Jenkins or Nx: which one depends on you

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