CloudBees vs GitHub

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

GitHub is the stronger AI pick in CI/CD: it has a visibility score of 83.3 versus 2.8 for CloudBees, and ranks ahead in 83% of the answers that name both.

Choose CloudBees if…

Enterprise scaling, governance, and support for Jenkins
Deep enterprise Jenkins foundation with advanced software delivery management
Broad plugin ecosystem via Jenkins
Recognised as a strong CI/CD vendor to evaluate

Choose GitHub if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (83.3 vs 2.8)
AI answers describe it more positively (48% vs 33% positive)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need SOC 1 Type 2 or SOC 2 Type 2 or ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA STAR Level 2 or PCI DSS or FedRAMP Tailored ATO coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	CloudBees	GitHub
Visibility score	2.8%	83.3%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in CI/CD	#20	#1
Share of voice	1%	12.3%
Mentions this run	6	72
Positive in AI answers	33%	48%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

CloudBees 0pp · GitHub 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

GitHub leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

2.2%

87%

AI Mode

4.6%

92.4%

Perplexity

1.7%

70.4%

CloudBeesGitHub

Head to head in AI answers

6 engine answers name both brands

1CloudBees ranked higher

5GitHub ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	CloudBees	GitHub
Which CI/CD vendors do analysts recommend?	ChatGPT	#6	#3
Which CI/CD vendors do analysts recommend?	AI Mode	#4	#7
Which CI/CD vendors do analysts recommend?	Perplexity	#5	#1
Official website of the top CI/CD tool vendors	ChatGPT	#13	#1
Official website of the top CI/CD tool vendors	AI Mode	#9	#1
Who makes the most used CI/CD tool?	AI Mode	#5	#1

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	CloudBees	GitHub
Pricing model	—	Per seat
Entry price	—	Free; paid from $4 per seat / mo
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	Hybrid and multi-cloud environments	Cloud service (GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Cloud) and self-hosted GitHub Enterprise Server
Compliance	—	SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001, CSA STAR Level 2, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Tailored ATO
Support	Support team	Community support (Free plan), Web-based support (Team plan), Premium support with 24/7 web and phone support and a 30-minute SLA on urgent tickets (Enterprise)
Founded	2010	2008
Headquarters	San Jose, CA, United States	San Francisco, California
Employees	501–1,000	501–1,000
Funding	Series F, with Goldman Sachs Asset Management private credit clients leading	Round led by Sequoia Capital · $350M raised
Best for	Large enterprises that need to govern CI/CD and agentic coding across mixed toolchains	Development teams, from individuals to enterprises, that build, review, and ship software on one platform.