--- title: Buildout Reviews meta_title: 'Buildout Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Buildout works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.5 review_count: 3 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-09-22' parent_category: name: CI/CD Tools url: https://www.g2.com/categories/ci-cd-tools --- # Buildout Reviews **Vendor:** Zope Foundation **Category:** [Continuous Delivery Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/continuous-delivery-tools) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 3 ## About Buildout Buildout is a Python-based build system for creating, assembling and deploying applications from multiple parts, some of which may be non-Python-based. It lets you create a buildout configuration and reproduce the same software later. ## Buildout Reviews ### 1. Buildout - the easy way to deploy Django apps **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John M. | Senior Systems Administrator / Project Manager, Media Production, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Current User:** The reviewer uploaded a screenshot or submitted the review in-app verifying them as current user. **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2016 **What do you like best about Buildout?** Buildout is open source and extremely flexible. It also has a large number or third party add ons that make it easy to integrate any workflow you want. I use buildout with a modified django recipe to deploy app 'snaphots' to our servers that can be rolled back or forward if there are any app errors. I also integrate with Newrelic's API, Github and Buildbot as part of a continuous deployment system that allows any developer on the team to deploy to live or test environments in a matter of seconds. **What do you dislike about Buildout?** The only issue I have with Buildout is its built-in dependency on Pypi. There have been issues where Pypi has been down (once or twice a year) and we have been unable to bootstrap apps. Fortunately, such issues are usually easy to work around for me but they have occasionally interfered with development. **Recommendations to others considering Buildout:** Tried and tested. **What problems is Buildout solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our developers are able to deploy to multiple environments without any delays. We are easily able to integrate with other systems and services to allow proper audits, monitoring, and testing. ### 2. A good deployment product **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Encolpe D. | Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Current User:** The reviewer uploaded a screenshot or submitted the review in-app verifying them as current user. **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2016 **What do you like best about Buildout?** It is focused on repeatable deployment. You can put it on the top of a blank operating system and build your whole platform with it. It is not limited to Python; you can easily deploy other languages and configure complex software. As it makes repeatable deployment, it is perfect for continuous integration and testing. It also can prepare offline releases for systems on isolated networks. **What do you dislike about Buildout?** Poor documentation based on Python doctest. Some features are not explained or are hidden in the code. The learning curve quickly reaches a ceiling if you're not able to RTSL. **What problems is Buildout solving and how is that benefiting you?** It makes fast and reliable deployment on projects that need reactivity. You can easily push 10 versions a day on offline systems. You can also detect regression before making a release. Migration to the next major release was also painless. ### 3. Love it and use it in all my projects. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Geoffrey C. | Sr. Software Developer, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Current User:** The reviewer uploaded a screenshot or submitted the review in-app verifying them as current user. **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** February 22, 2016 **What do you like best about Buildout?** Extremely configurable for any python project to have your project working in any environment. **What do you dislike about Buildout?** Very little documentation! It's pretty hard to learn how to use. **Recommendations to others considering Buildout:** Difficult to get into but well worth it. **What problems is Buildout solving and how is that benefiting you?** Managing dependencies. - [View Buildout pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/buildout/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-10-03+11%3A44%3A42+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=ff3fc7ba-9b5d-422f-a177-ad9b6881890e&secure%5Btoken%5D=70bf21d4eaa1a6311bc00c5f4cf30cb0d42d876ff3fe17f22b6e2165ff5c3844&format=llm_user) ## Buildout Features **Functionality** - Deployment-Ready Staging - Integration - Extensible **Functionality** - Third-Party Integrations - Extensibility - Test Customization **Management** - Processes and Workflow - Reporting - Automation **Management** - Automation - Processes and Workflow - Reporting **Agentic AI - Continuous Integration** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance **Agentic AI - Continuous Delivery** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance **Additional Functionality** - Continuous Deployment - Source-Code Scanning - Continuous Delivery - Prioritization - Generative AI - Compliance Management - Data Import/Export - Access Controls/Permissions - Bug Tracking - Reporting/Analytics - For Developers - Issue Management - Repository Management - Workflow Management - Monitoring - Pipeline Management - Application Management - API - AI Copilot - Configuration Management - Data Storage Management - Multi-User Collaboration - Project Management - Version Control - Activity Dashboard - Data Synchronization - Lifecycle Management - Change Management - Status Tracking - Authentication - Alerts/Notifications - Automated Testing - Debugging - Approval Process Control - Build Log - Quality Assurance ## Top Buildout Alternatives - [CircleCI](https://www.g2.com/products/circleci/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (500 reviews) - [Jenkins](https://www.g2.com/products/jenkins/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (560 reviews) - [Pantheon](https://www.g2.com/products/pantheon/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (588 reviews)