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We performed a comparison between Bamboo and Concourse for VMware Tanzu based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The most valuable features of Bamboo are its performance and UI. Additionally, there are a lot of useful plugins, integration with other solutions, such as Bitbucket and Jira, and a helpful online community.""One of the significant benefits of Bamboo is its built-in support for numerous clients and the ability to tailor its capabilities to your specific requirements. This high level of customization enables you to create pipelines that are ideally suited to your needs, making it an invaluable tool for conducting advanced testing.""The platform helps us with automated and timely backup. It provides data replication as well.""It can do the CI pipeline well.""One of the big things that made us choose Bamboo, is it seamlessly integrates its APIs into NetSuite, which is our main ELP system.""In my experience Bamboo is scalable.""In Bamboo, build and deployment have been segregated. The build plan and deployment plan are different. When comparing Bamboo to other solutions, the native feature you will not find in another tool, such as Jenkins. They have segregated the build and deployment plan. This means, building the application and deploying it are two separate parts in Bamboo, they have segregated it apart from the UI. This makes the tool a bit better compared to other tools.""Bamboo's integration with the rest of Atlassian's tech tools, like Jira, helps manage the end-to-end development and release process."

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"We never experienced any problems with scalability."

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Cons
"Bamboo is a bit complicated to use compared to other solutions, such as GitLab. You have to integrate different actions that are difficult that could be made easier.""The solution needs to support more customization in the training. What's offered is pretty generic. They need better training and should offer more guidance.""The performance around the deployment feature could be improved.""It can be challenging for someone new to the system or ecosystem to grasp, making it difficult to train new people and help them understand.""Scalability depends on the use case. If it is really a big customer with a lot of tests, it might not be a scalable option for them.""It should be much easier to use. It shouldn't require a lot of reading to be able to use it. It should have just two or three screens rather than hundreds of screens requiring a lot of clicking. It also requires a lot of integration. It has a steep learning curve. It takes a lot of time to understand and put in the data. There is also no proper training.""Bamboo could improve by having compatibility with GitLab. It would be better to have this platform for deploying code and storing container registries. Bamboo does not have a container registry. Additionally, there could be more features added.""One area that could be enhanced is the governance process, particularly with regard to building approvals and transitions between stages. In comparison to other solutions, such as Jira, which features a workflow that supports approval processes, this capability is not natively available in Bamboo. To implement this functionality, integration with other solutions, such as GSM may be necessary. Although some add-ons, such as Adaptavist ScriptRunner, are available in the market to circumvent this limitation, they may not offer the exact functionality needed. Therefore, there is certainly room for improvement in this area."

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"I would like to see additional support for things outside of Cloud Foundry."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "There is a subscription required to use Bamboo."
  • "If Bamboo could provide more flexibility on pricing, that would help. On the agent side, if you want to increase the number of agents it should be less expensive. If they can provide some better pricing model, it will help, whether we are going to use it or are already using it."
  • "The server products for small teams used to offer excellent pricing. However, Atlassian has since changed the offering and the pricing is more expensive. I do still think the solution offers good value for money."
  • "The price of Bamboo is reasonable."
  • "I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten."
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  • "The solution is bundled in with Cloud Foundry so the pricing is not independent."
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    Anonymous User
    A biased and subjective comparison of Bamboo and Jenkins as CI servers for mobile development, based on practical experience with both. Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (Delivery, Distribution) has been around for quite a while. But surprisingly enough on a global scale it pretty much just got into its teen years in regards to mobile development. Well, subjectively, of course. You can see all levels of mobile CI these days. Some would still install builds from Xcode, others would have a quickly patched up build server under their desk. Xcode Bots meet the needs of yet another group of people. Travis CI is good and for open source projects it’s probably the best option. And guess what, I know few successful iOS development companies that develop apps for enterprise clients, and have no CI at all. The advanced level of CI would include distributed build systems with multiple build nodes, support for automated unit and UI tests, running tests on simulator and physical devices, automatic deployment to TestFlight, Hockey App, Over the Air, and much more. It becomes not just mobile development, but spans into areas like DevOps and others. Etsy’s blog post is somewhat outdated but still a very good example of where this path can take you. If you decide to take mobile CI under your total control, you have to pick a build server to start with. I personally have worked with Bamboo for 1.5 years and I’m dealing with Jenkins right now, so I have few insights… Read more →
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Bamboo is that it is a good tool for CI/CD integration.
    Top Answer:I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten.
    Top Answer:People know more about Jira than Bamboo. In general, people should know that Jira and Bamboo are similar solutions. The marketing strategy of Bamboo is an area of concern where improvements are… more »
    Top Answer:We never experienced any problems with scalability.
    Top Answer:The solution is bundled in with Cloud Foundry so the pricing is not independent.
    Top Answer:The biggest gap for me was just that the solution is relatively tied to Cloud Foundry. If you have anything you need to deploy outside of that, it becomes burdensome. I would like to see additional… more »
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    Also Known As
    Pivotal Concourse, Concourse for PCF, Concourse
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    Overview
    Bamboo is a continuous integration and delivery tool that ties automated builds, tests and releases together in a single workflow. It works great alongside JIRA and Stash providing a fully traceable deployment pipeline.

    Continuous integration for application developers:

    Concourse for VMware Tanzu is a CI/CD system remastered for teams that practice agile development and deliver frequently to one or many cloud platforms.

    Sample Customers
    Neocleus, MuleSoft, Interspire
    Verizon, Cerner, Zipcar, Avarteq
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company40%
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Marketing Services Firm10%
    Non Tech Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government9%
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    Financial Services Firm18%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government10%
    Company Size
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    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise30%
    Large Enterprise40%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise71%
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    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    Bamboo is ranked 5th in Build Automation with 20 reviews while Concourse for VMware Tanzu is ranked 15th in Build Automation with 1 review. Bamboo is rated 7.4, while Concourse for VMware Tanzu is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Bamboo writes "High availability, helpful support, and plenty of plugins available". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Concourse for VMware Tanzu writes "This solution is scalable and stable, but needs more support for deployments outside of Cloud Foundry". Bamboo is most compared with GitLab, Jenkins, Tekton and Harness, whereas Concourse for VMware Tanzu is most compared with Jenkins, Tekton, TeamCity, GitLab and Harness.

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