What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about ci/cd tools — measured weekly across 4 engines, published as open data.
Updated 2026-08-02 · 56 sampled answers · rolling 4-week window · methodology
Rankings are measured from sampled AI answers — never editorial, never paid. Orbator builds AI-visibility tooling; when Orbator itself appears in any category, it is measured by the same rules as everyone else.
Sample: 56 AI answers · Window: Jul 5, 2026 – Aug 2, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (56 answers)
Across 56 sampled AI answers from 4 engines, GitLab is recommended most often — appearing in 82.1% of recommendations, followed by CircleCI (76.8%) and GitLab CI/CD (69.6%).
This is a measurement of share of voice across 4 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GitLab gitlab.com Best for: AI recommends GitLab most when buyers ask “best CI/CD tools for modern software development teams” (100% of those answers) | 82.1% 95% CI 70.2–90% 46 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 6.5% | — | GEMINI 85.7%CHATGPT 85.7%CLAUDE 100%PERPLEXITY 71.4% | Claim |
| 2 | CircleCI circleci.com Best for: AI recommends CircleCI most when buyers ask “best CI/CD tools for modern software development teams” (100% of those answers) | 76.8% 95% CI 64.2–85.9% 43 mentions · avg pos 9.2 first pick 4.7% | — | GEMINI 85.7%CHATGPT 85.7%CLAUDE 85.7%PERPLEXITY 61.9% | Claim |
| 3 | GitLab CI/CD Best for: AI recommends GitLab CI/CD most when buyers ask “best continuous integration and deployment platforms for small dev teams” (100% of those answers) | 69.6% 95% CI 56.7–80.1% 39 mentions · avg pos 5.6 first pick 2.6% | — | GEMINI 85.7%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 85.7%PERPLEXITY 61.9% | Claim |
| 4 | Jenkins jenkins.io Best for: AI recommends Jenkins most when buyers ask “best CI/CD tools for modern software development teams” (100% of those answers) | 67.9% 95% CI 54.8–78.6% 38 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 26.3% | — | GEMINI 81%CHATGPT 57.1%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 61.9% | Claim |
| 5 | Kubernetes kubernetes.io Best for: AI recommends Kubernetes most when buyers ask “how do I set up a CI/CD pipeline for a containerized Node.js application” (100% of those answers) | 53.6% 95% CI 40.7–66% 30 mentions · avg pos 13.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 61.9%CHATGPT 85.7%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 38.1% | Claim |
| 6 | Docker docker.com Best for: AI recommends Docker most when buyers ask “how do I set up a CI/CD pipeline for a containerized Node.js application” (100% of those answers) | 51.8% 95% CI 39–64.3% 29 mentions · avg pos 7.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 71.4%CHATGPT 71.4%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 7 | TeamCity jetbrains.com Best for: AI recommends TeamCity most when buyers ask “best CI/CD tools for modern software development teams” (75% of those answers) | 28.6% 95% CI 18.4–41.5% 16 mentions · avg pos 5.7 first pick 12.5% | — | GEMINI 38.1%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 8 | Azure DevOps Best for: AI recommends Azure DevOps most when buyers ask “best CI/CD tools for modern software development teams” (75% of those answers) | 28.6% 95% CI 18.4–41.5% 16 mentions · avg pos 14.6 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 38.1%CHATGPT 57.1%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 9 | Git git-scm.com Best for: AI recommends Git most when buyers ask “how do I set up a CI/CD pipeline for a containerized Node.js application” (62.5% of those answers) | 26.8% 95% CI 17–39.6% 15 mentions · avg pos 11.2 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 57.1%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 10 | Bitbucket Pipelines bitbucket.org Best for: AI recommends Bitbucket Pipelines most when buyers ask “best continuous integration and deployment platforms for small dev teams” (62.5% of those answers) | 17.9% 95% CI 10–29.8% 10 mentions · avg pos 8.4 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 11 | Travis CI travis-ci.com Best for: AI recommends Travis CI most when buyers ask “open-source and affordable alternatives to enterprise CI/CD platforms” (50% of those answers) | 17.9% 95% CI 10–29.8% 10 mentions · avg pos 8.6 first pick 10% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 12 | Harness Best for: AI recommends Harness most when buyers ask “best CI/CD tools for modern software development teams” (62.5% of those answers) | 17.9% 95% CI 10–29.8% 10 mentions · avg pos 15.4 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 23.8%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 13 | GoCD Best for: AI recommends GoCD most when buyers ask “open-source and affordable alternatives to enterprise CI/CD platforms” (75% of those answers) | 16.1% 95% CI 8.7–27.8% 9 mentions · avg pos 5.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 23.8%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 14 | Buildkite buildkite.com Best for: AI recommends Buildkite most when buyers ask “which CI/CD platform has the best support for monorepo builds” (87.5% of those answers) | 16.1% 95% CI 8.7–27.8% 9 mentions · avg pos 6.4 first pick 22.2% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 42.9%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 15 | Playwright Best for: AI recommends Playwright most when buyers ask “what should I use to automate testing and deployment for my web app” (100% of those answers) | 16.1% 95% CI 8.7–27.8% 9 mentions · avg pos 9.1 first pick 22.2% | — | GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 16 | Cypress cypress.io Best for: AI recommends Cypress most when buyers ask “what should I use to automate testing and deployment for my web app” (87.5% of those answers) | 14.3% 95% CI 7.4–25.7% 8 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 25% | — | GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 17 | Docker Hub hub.docker.com Best for: AI recommends Docker Hub most when buyers ask “how do I set up a CI/CD pipeline for a containerized Node.js application” (100% of those answers) | 14.3% 95% CI 7.4–25.7% 8 mentions · avg pos 11.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 18 | Selenium Best for: AI recommends Selenium most when buyers ask “what should I use to automate testing and deployment for my web app” (87.5% of those answers) | 12.5% 95% CI 6.2–23.6% 7 mentions · avg pos 4.5 first pick 28.6% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 19 | Semaphore Best for: AI recommends Semaphore most when buyers ask “which CI/CD platform has the best support for monorepo builds” (37.5% of those answers) | 12.5% 95% CI 6.2–23.6% 7 mentions · avg pos 4.9 first pick 28.6% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 20 | Drone Best for: AI recommends Drone most when buyers ask “open-source and affordable alternatives to enterprise CI/CD platforms” (75% of those answers) | 12.5% 95% CI 6.2–23.6% 7 mentions · avg pos 9.6 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 21 | Jest Best for: AI recommends Jest most when buyers ask “what should I use to automate testing and deployment for my web app” (62.5% of those answers) | 10.7% 95% CI 5–21.5% 6 mentions · avg pos 11.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 22 | AWS aws.amazon.com | 10.7% 95% CI 5–21.5% 6 mentions · avg pos 17 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 19%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 23 | Concourse concourse-ci.org Best for: AI recommends Concourse most when buyers ask “open-source and affordable alternatives to enterprise CI/CD platforms” (62.5% of those answers) | 8.9% 95% CI 3.9–19.3% 5 mentions · avg pos 6.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 24 | Tekton Best for: AI recommends Tekton most when buyers ask “open-source and affordable alternatives to enterprise CI/CD platforms” (50% of those answers) | 8.9% 95% CI 3.9–19.3% 5 mentions · avg pos 8.4 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 25 | Octopus Deploy octopus.com Best for: AI recommends Octopus Deploy most when buyers ask “best CI/CD tools for modern software development teams” (37.5% of those answers) | 8.9% 95% CI 3.9–19.3% 5 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 26 | Render render.com | 8.9% 95% CI 3.9–19.3% 5 mentions · avg pos 11.5 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 27 | Turborepo turbo.build Best for: AI recommends Turborepo most when buyers ask “which CI/CD platform has the best support for monorepo builds” (50% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 7.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 28 | Vercel vercel.com Best for: AI recommends Vercel most when buyers ask “what should I use to automate testing and deployment for my web app” (37.5% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 9.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 29 | Netlify netlify.com Best for: AI recommends Netlify most when buyers ask “what should I use to automate testing and deployment for my web app” (37.5% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 9.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 30 | Railway railway.app | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 14.3 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 31 | pytest Best for: AI recommends pytest most when buyers ask “what should I use to automate testing and deployment for my web app” (50% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 16 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 32 | JUnit Best for: AI recommends JUnit most when buyers ask “what should I use to automate testing and deployment for my web app” (50% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 16.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 33 | Postman postman.com Best for: AI recommends Postman most when buyers ask “what should I use to automate testing and deployment for my web app” (50% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions · avg pos 17 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 34 | Dev.to dev.to Best for: AI recommends Dev.to most when buyers ask “best continuous integration and deployment platforms for small dev teams” (50% of those answers) | 7.1% 95% CI 2.8–17% 4 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 35 | Mocha | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 36 | Northflank northflank.com Best for: AI recommends Northflank most when buyers ask “open-source and affordable alternatives to enterprise CI/CD platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 37 | Buildbot Best for: AI recommends Buildbot most when buyers ask “open-source and affordable alternatives to enterprise CI/CD platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 8.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 38 | TestCafe Best for: AI recommends TestCafe most when buyers ask “what should I use to automate testing and deployment for my web app” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 39 | Fly.io fly.io | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 14.3 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 28.6% | Claim |
| 40 | Vitest Best for: AI recommends Vitest most when buyers ask “what should I use to automate testing and deployment for my web app” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 16.3 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 41 | Terraform terraform.io | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 22 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 42 | Trivy Best for: AI recommends Trivy most when buyers ask “how do I set up a CI/CD pipeline for a containerized Node.js application” (37.5% of those answers) | 5.4% 95% CI 1.8–14.6% 3 mentions · avg pos 29.7 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 43 | Applitools applitools.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 44 | Bazel | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 45 | CloudBees cloudbees.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 46 | Spinnaker spinnaker.io | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions · avg pos 20 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 47 | Opsgenie atlassian.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 48 | Pieces for Developers pieces.app Best for: AI recommends Pieces for Developers most when buyers ask “open-source and affordable alternatives to enterprise CI/CD platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.1% 2 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 49 | Pants pantsbuild.org | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 50 | Puppeteer pptr.dev | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 51 | Supertest | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 52 | Azure API Management azure.microsoft.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 12 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 53 | ESLint | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 12 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 54 | Nx nx.dev | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 15 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 55 | Helm helm.sh | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 20 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 56 | SonarQube | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 33 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 57 | Bruno | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 42 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 58 | PHPUnit phpunit.de | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 57 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 59 | Pest pestphp.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 57 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 60 | Forge | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 58 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 61 | Ploi ploi.io | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 58 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 62 | DigitalOcean digitalocean.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions · avg pos 71 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 63 | Airbyte airbyte.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 64 | Apigee cloud.google.com Best for: AI recommends Apigee most when buyers ask “cloud-native CI/CD services vs self-hosted CI/CD servers” (37.5% of those answers) | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 65 | AppVeyor appveyor.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 66 | Axify axify.io | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 67 | Bitrise bitrise.io | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 68 | Groundcover groundcover.com Best for: AI recommends Groundcover most when buyers ask “cloud-native CI/CD services vs self-hosted CI/CD servers” (37.5% of those answers) | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 69 | Microsoft Azure DevOps dev.azure.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 70 | OpenAlternative openalternative.co | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 71 | Pantheon pantheon.io | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 72 | Scout scoutapm.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 73 | Spacelift spacelift.io Best for: AI recommends Spacelift most when buyers ask “open-source and affordable alternatives to enterprise CI/CD platforms” (37.5% of those answers) | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 74 | TechTarget techtarget.com Best for: AI recommends TechTarget most when buyers ask “cloud-native CI/CD services vs self-hosted CI/CD servers” (37.5% of those answers) | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.4% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 56 sampled answers, so each row also shows its 95% CI — the Wilson score interval around that share. When two products' intervals overlap, the gap between them isn't statistically meaningful at this sample size. First pick is the share of a product's recommending answers where it was named first, which separates “always mentioned” from “usually the top recommendation”. Full methodology.
Independence: Orbator customers are badged for disclosure. Customer status does not affect prompts, sampling, extraction, or ranking — see the methodology. Your product on this list? Claim it to see the prompts behind your rank and track it weekly.
What AI recommends in adjacent categories — same method, fresh weekly.
Not in the answer? That's fixable.
Check Your AI Visibility →© 2026 Orbator. All rights reserved.