--- title: AWS CodeBuild Reviews meta_title: 'AWS CodeBuild Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 38 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how AWS CodeBuild works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.2 review_count: 38 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-04' parent_category: name: CI/CD Tools url: https://www.g2.com/categories/ci-cd-tools --- # AWS CodeBuild Reviews **Vendor:** Amazon Web Services (AWS) **Category:** [Build Automation Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/build-automation) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 38 ## About AWS CodeBuild AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment. It eliminates the need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers, allowing developers to focus on writing code without the overhead of infrastructure management. CodeBuild scales automatically to handle multiple builds concurrently, ensuring efficient processing without build queues. It supports prepackaged build environments for popular programming languages and build tools, and also allows customization with your own build environments using Docker containers. Integration with other AWS services like CodePipeline, CodeCommit, and S3 enables seamless incorporation into existing CI/CD workflows. With a pay-as-you-go pricing model, you only pay for the build minutes you consume, making it a cost-effective solution for projects of all sizes. Key Features and Functionality: - Fully Managed Service: No need to set up, patch, or manage build servers; AWS handles the infrastructure. - Automatic Scaling: Scales on demand to meet your build needs, processing multiple builds concurrently without queuing. - Prepackaged and Custom Build Environments: Offers preconfigured environments for popular languages and tools, with the option to bring your own Docker-based environments. - Integration with AWS Services: Seamlessly integrates with AWS CodePipeline, CodeCommit, S3, and other services for a streamlined CI/CD process. - Pay-as-You-Go Pricing: Charges are based on the number of build minutes used, providing cost efficiency. - Security and Compliance: Build artifacts are encrypted with customer-specific keys managed by AWS Key Management Service (KMS), and the service integrates with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for fine-grained access control. Primary Value and Problem Solved: AWS CodeBuild addresses the challenges of managing and scaling build infrastructure by providing a fully managed, scalable, and cost-effective solution. It enables development teams to implement continuous integration and delivery pipelines without the operational burden of maintaining build servers. By automating the build, test, and packaging processes, CodeBuild helps teams deliver high-quality software faster and more efficiently. ## AWS CodeBuild Reviews ### 1. You don't need an engineering team to setup CI/CD pipelines **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amandeep S. | Cloud & DevOps Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2023 **What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?** The ease of setting up the pipelines and triggers. Also it took away the pain of setting up and managing the build infrastructure. Provides integration with almost all the version control systems. **What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?** There is nothing as of now that is unlikeable about it, looking for more feature related to automating infrastructure creation for testing the application. The integration with other clouds for building infrastructure can be a good plus. **What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a DevOps engineer, I find it very easy to quickly setup pipelines for the project, with inbuilt functionalities of building, testing and pushing the container images to the container registries. I don't have to go to Jenkins or other CI/CD team to get the jenkins instance, I can manage everything on my own. ### 2. AWS CodeBuild: Application Build tool in AWS **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pranay J. | Senior DevOps Consultant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2022 **What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?** 1. Fully managed service backed by AWS infrastructure 2. Easy integration with CodePipeline 3. Supports both docker and normal builds 4. Works as an on-demand or pay-as-you-go model 5. Uses service roles to maintain the security **What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?** 1. UI is very outdated and confusing 2. I found it very slow as compared to running custom runners (EC2) in GitLab 3. Same build environment can't be used for multiple pipelines unless the YAML file name is the same **What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?** In one of the projects, we were deploying the application in the AWS EC2 and ECR. CodeBuild helped us in building the pushing the docker images to the ECR repos. We also used CodeBuild for generating the dist from react code base and pushed it into S3 buckets. ### 3. AWS CodeBuild Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2022 **What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?** Excellent integration with other services. **What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?** Not easy to setup custom build containers. **Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeBuild:** Works well and integrates easily with other AWS services. **What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?** CodeBuilder provides easy integration with our CI/CD pipeline. ### 4. AWS CodeBuild: Fully Managed Build Service **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 30, 2021 **What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?** 1. Fully managed service that doesn't require any host or maintenance 2. It uses roles to access for accessing other AWS services which add an extra layer of security 3. Pre-configured environments are available for both docker and non-docker builds **What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?** 1. UI is a bit complicated and confusing in terms of integration with CodePipeline 2. No plugins or addon available for custom builds 3. Takes too much time as compared to other tools **What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was looking for a CICD solution in the AWS environment, which leads me to the CodeBuild as a build tool for docker and non-docker builds. AWS CodeBuild is a perfect tool for this purpose as it provides a secure and reliable environment. ### 5. Build-as-a-Service: no more build servers; pay only for what you build! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Janaka B. | Software Engineer, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2018 **What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?** Ability to spawn a build on-demand, via the API, CLI (aws codebuild), or the web console Consistent performance across builds, with options for artifact caching etc. Support for a wide range of source repositories: GitHub, CodeCommit, etc. Ability to upload build artifacts directly to S3 or CodePipeline Simple YAML-based build configuration with clear pre- and post-build actions No maintenance cost or overhead; pay only for the duration of your individual builds! **What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?** AWS Free Tier: https://aws.amazon.com/free/#AWS_CodeBuild_ only offers 100 minutes of build time per month, which means you'll have to allocate a budget if you integrate CodeBuild with any kind of frequently-invoked CI/CD Private repositories are not fully supported yet (except for AWS-native CodeCommit) Lacks flexibility as there is only a single build step (with a single container image); if you want to customize the steps you will probably need to create and host your own container image containing all the required utility programs/tools/commands. **Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeBuild:** If you need regular builds, it may be beneficial to set up artifact/dependency caching at CodeBuild project level in order to reduce build time. Note that private repositories (e.g. on GitHub) may not be supported. If you use S3 (or any other storage-as-a-service solution) as the build target, make sure you have a mechanism to clean up old build artifacts as otherwise you'll end up with lots of garbage. **What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?** Performing builds in our own serverless IDE Sigma, on behalf of our users. It means we don't have to manage or pay for a dedicated build server, and users can build their projects right within their own AWS accounts without disclosing their sources to a third party service. The free tier pretty much eliminates user-side costs, and we can ask CodeBuild to directly upload the build artifacts to S3, which we can then use in the deployment process. ### 6. Useful but not perfect **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Niniveth O. | Software Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 08, 2018 **What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?** I really like how i can set another EC2 to compile lanes of code while i am working on other thing, that saves so much time, another good thing about AWS CodeBuild is how it is integrated with other tools, i don't have to configure anything, just need use the tools, and focus on improvements. **What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?** The control version can be confusing, even the panel, but there are guides to help to understand it. The price of use can be a bit high if you use it everyday. **Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeBuild:** Use it wise or you will spend a lot money, if you need a non-integrated enviroment follow a guide to configure it. **What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?** With AWS CodeBuild i can do more than one project or module at the same time, while i am working on one, another is compiling, i can set triggers to pull code from the repository once it is acepted. ### 7. CodeBuild - good tool, needs some improvement **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2018 **What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?** I like this tool because it helps me with the overhead of overall configuration.I like how i can set another EC2 to compile lanes of code while i am working on other thing. That reduces the time for me. I like how well it is configured with everything on AWS platform so I don't need to worry about configuration. **What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?** Sometimes it fails to work the way I want it to work. There are some thins that I wish I could customize. **Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeBuild:** I would say that it's definitely heading into the right direction. More configuration options would be appreciated. Support of other platforms and ability to integrate with other tools would work just great. **What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?** Building applications fast without spending time to configure resources and finding enough time to set up the environment, etc. ### 8. Improves development efficiency **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** frank w. | software engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2018 **What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?** What my team enjoyed the best about CodeBuild is its efficiency improvement for sprint stories dev work **What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?** Nothing much, other than more integrations **What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?** More Automated builds of committed code into Github ### 9. CodeBuild For Everyone **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 29, 2018 **What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?** That it takes care of building my code and getting ready for it to be deployed. I loved that you can automate the build. **What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?** I don't like the amount of time that it takes to build. **What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reliable builds and not guessing whether it will work or not ### 10. Makes Coding Easier than Ever **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 21, 2018 **What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?** Super easy software to build and test code. No commitment. **What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?** Wish it had more coding features for testing code. **Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeBuild:** Do the free trial first and see if you like it. No commitment or fees with the free trial. **What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have been able to test code without going through pricey vendors. ### 11. poweful way to run tools and compile code **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2018 **What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?** saving on heavy processing power and buying expensive machines **What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?** price is costly for individual user, can be reduced further ,also more inbuilt software can be added. **What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?** solving data processing and other problems which requires more computing power ## AWS CodeBuild Discussions - [What is AWS CodeBuild used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-aws-codebuild-used-for) - [What does AWS CodePipeline do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/aws-codebuild-what-does-aws-codepipeline-do) - [Is CodeBuild free in AWS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-codebuild-free-in-aws) - [How does AWS CodeBuild work?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-does-aws-codebuild-work) - [What is AWS CodeBuild?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-aws-codebuild) - [View AWS CodeBuild pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-codebuild/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=4§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-06+11%3A12%3A19+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=27eddcfb-ef3a-457c-a9a9-9c2d4bea9707&secure%5Btoken%5D=fd235ef43653fdc13760735be74ce945eecde5fcd96d48509e80d85c94a90a62&format=llm_user) ## AWS CodeBuild Integrations - [AWS Lambda](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews) - [GitHub](https://www.g2.com/products/github/reviews) - [Jenkins](https://www.g2.com/products/jenkins/reviews) - [SonarQube](https://www.g2.com/products/sonarqube/reviews) ## Top AWS CodeBuild Alternatives - [Jenkins](https://www.g2.com/products/jenkins/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (558 reviews) - [CircleCI](https://www.g2.com/products/circleci/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (501 reviews) - [Google Cloud Build](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-build/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (61 reviews)