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AWS CodeBuild vs Blue Ocean: What are the differences?
Developers describe AWS CodeBuild as "Build and test code with continuous scaling". AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed build service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. With CodeBuild, you don’t need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers. On the other hand, Blue Ocean is detailed as "A reboot of the Jenkins CI/CD User Experience". Designed from the ground up for Jenkins Pipeline and compatible with Freestyle jobs, Blue Ocean reduces clutter and increases clarity for every member of your team.
AWS CodeBuild and Blue Ocean can be primarily classified as "Continuous Integration" tools.
Some of the features offered by AWS CodeBuild are:
- Fully Managed Build Service
- Continuous Scaling
- Enables Continuous Integration
On the other hand, Blue Ocean provides the following key features:
- Sophisticated visualizations of CD pipelines, allowing for fast and intuitive comprehension of software pipeline status.
- Pipeline editor (In Development) that makes automating CD pipelines approachable by guiding the user through an intuitive and visual process to create a pipeline.
- Personalization of the Jenkins UI to suit the role-based needs of each member of the DevOps team.
"Pay per minute" is the primary reason why developers consider AWS CodeBuild over the competitors, whereas "Beautiful interface" was stated as the key factor in picking Blue Ocean.
Blue Ocean is an open source tool with 2.48K GitHub stars and 432 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Blue Ocean's open source repository on GitHub.
Convox, Volta Industries, and ChromaDex are some of the popular companies that use AWS CodeBuild, whereas Blue Ocean is used by CityLiv, Nexus National Security Network, and iCodeBetter. AWS CodeBuild has a broader approval, being mentioned in 21 company stacks & 14 developers stacks; compared to Blue Ocean, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 10 developer stacks.
Pros of AWS CodeBuild
- Pay per minute7
- Parameter Store integration for passing secrets5
- Integrated with AWS4
- Streaming logs to Amazon CloudWatch3
- Bit bucket integration3
- GitHub Webhooks support2
- AWS Config and Config rule integration for compliance2
- VPC PrivateLinks to invoke service without internet2
- Windows/.NET support1
- Jenkins plugin integration1
- Ondemand scaling of build jobs1
- Scheduled builds with CloudWatch Events integration1
- Local build debug support1
- Native support for accessing Amazon VPC resources1
- Docker based build environment1
- Support for bringing custom Docker images1
- Fully managed (no installation/updates, servers to mai1
- PCI, SOC, ISO, HIPAA compliant1
- Full API/SDKs/CLI support1
- YAML based configuration1
- Great support (forums, premium support, SO, GitHub)1
- Perpetual free tier option (100 mins/month)1
- GitHub Enterprise support1
Pros of Blue Ocean
- Beautiful interface7
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Cons of AWS CodeBuild
- Poor branch support2