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CruiseControl Pros and Cons: Top Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users experience frequent crashes and find the system could benefit from a more streamlined performance. (1 mentions)
Users report frequent software bugs causing daily crashes, indicating a need for a more streamlined experience. (1 mentions)

Top Cons or Disadvantages of CruiseControl

1. Performance Issues
Users experience frequent crashes and find the system could benefit from a more streamlined performance.
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Verified User

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3.0/5

"Helpful for daily tasks"

What do you dislike about CruiseControl?

How often it crashes daily, and could be more streamlined.

2. Software Bugs
Users report frequent software bugs causing daily crashes, indicating a need for a more streamlined experience.
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U

Verified User

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3.0/5

"Helpful for daily tasks"

What do you dislike about CruiseControl?

How often it crashes daily, and could be more streamlined.

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Franklin A.
FA
Franklin A.
Senior Software Engineer
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Smooth Sailing with CruiseControl"
4/5
What do you like best about CruiseControl?

I liked how the web dashboards allow me to see the builds and dig into the details. The client on the systray also is very handy in getting notifications and letting developers participate and get notified. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CruiseControl?

There's little to dislike about CruiseControl and found myself championing it for some companies I was in. It helped a lot in solving our continuous build requirements and solving our quality and deployment automation issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dawei W.
DW
Dawei W.
Senior .Net Consultant
Dairy
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"I have more than 7 years experience with CruiseControl"
5/5
What do you like best about CruiseControl?

1. Automating Builds

2. Easy to config Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CruiseControl?

1. document not very clear

2. sometimes It crash Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simon H.
SH
Simon H.
Development Manager
Internet
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Used it for CI of all company builds"
2/5
What do you like best about CruiseControl?

It was a very transparent tool. You could config all of its behaviour with XML files. It operated very quickly and efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CruiseControl?

At time of using, the UI was missing most admin features, and the progress of a build was almost unknown until a failure/success state was shown at end of build Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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