When it comes to managing the provision, scalability and server resource handling, this platform has eliminated it all as it manages everything on demand. One of the best thing is it's capabilities to build the source code based on the yaml file we write has thrilled me due to its overwhelming compiling feature for the source code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?

Aws CodeBuild has its own set of boundaries which brings unnecessary set of policies like for example if my source is out of aws codeCommit or github or S3 then it is quite tedious to set up the source while configuring codeBuild and it is quite poor with the UI for its console. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/28/2022

"AWS CodeBuild Review"

4/5

What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?

Excellent integration with other services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?

Not easy to setup custom build containers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zaid S.

Senior QA Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/16/2022

"Effecient!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?

- Easy to use

- Straight forward implemetation

- Mulitple integrations available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?

- GUI can be improved

- Better logging features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/30/2021

"AWS CodeBuild: Fully Managed Build Service"

4/5

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 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Janaka B.

Software Engineer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/3/2018

"Build-as-a-Service: no more build servers; pay only for what you build!"

4/5

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! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/18/2018

"CodeBuild a way of building and testing code paying for what you use only."

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?

You are only charged when the builds are run and not for any resources standing by for a build request.

It's easy to integrate to a build process with github. And can fetch the build steps in the same repo when you specify a buildspec.yaml file.

Can be used as a way to run code that takes a lot of time to run and needs to be run sporadically.

Can be integrated to a jenkins environment as worker nodes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?

The user interface just got (since November of 2018) an overhaul and is not as bad as before.

When the build processes are created by a Cloudformation script the documentation to integrate with github is not very helpful and needs more detail.

There aren't many compute types options, right now you only chose from a set of 3:

- 2 GB Memory and 2 vCPU

- 4 GB Memory and 4 vCPU

- 15 GB Memory and 8 vCPU Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?

Building and testing code for a variety of projects, using CodePipeline and CodeBuild for CI/CD.

For running loadtests that are integrated in a CI/CD to test the environment for any degradation with new code. This is an interesting way of using it, since you can run any code for long periods of time, either as a step of the pipeline or scheduled processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Phani Krishna G.

Infra Specialist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/5/2018

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"scalable and fast provisioning"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?

fully managed build service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?

darg and drop functionality and code builds Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeBuild:

it's been obvious that AWS has been missing a managed build service. For the past year we've had to work around this by building our own build service on ECS and ECR. You'll need to figure IAM, Build Project JSON, and Build Spec YAML to get it all working. But once you do, you've unlocked managed builds on small, medium or large compute types. No instances required! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?

Parameter Store integration for passing secrets, Streaming logs to Amazon CloudWatch, GitHub Webhooks support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PABLO EZEQUIEL I.

Developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/27/2018

"Easy to use!"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?

The tool was very easy to use... when I need it, without any previous knolodgment, I can config an entire pipeline with code commit, code pipeline and Code Buid and Code Deploy. I was great for to show In a live enviroment how can be a product, and how to deploy it continous Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?

The documententation is very large to read ... some time you have to read a lot in large documents with many technical descripticion about all availables options to solve a simple doubt. I would like that It could have a really simple demo about easy user cases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Omaira V.

Senior Computer Programmer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/5/2018

"A powerful tool for development"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS CodeBuild?

The best thing about AWS code build the way how it help to make scalable projects, the price isn't too high, is so powerful and very easy to use, i use it with others AWS tool like AWS CodeStar, CodeCommit, AWS CLI, AWS console etc. which help me even more to do a effective management of projects, i can always monitoring my builds, time left, state, i can create triggers, and setup many build projects and only pay for what i use is just amazing tool, and i can customize my own environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS CodeBuild?

The are only two things what i dislike about AWS build, there is only a free tier for windows, and not for linux, and there isn't preconfigured environment for C. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeBuild:

Use the free tier there are 100minutes free monthly if you are using windows to build, so take that free time always when you need it, this tool is very good to do units test, if you are using the tools of AWS CodeStar, set up triggers to help you to make the scalability of the project even more easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS CodeBuild solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is so useful, it helped me to do or edit more than one project at time, because i can builds many projects as i want, without use my own pc, thats mean i can still working and just let another pc compile my code, also it integrated so good with others AWS tools, it work amazing with CodeCommit, i can set triggers and just build a project after merge without do anything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.