# JetBrains TeamCity

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/teamcity/

6 people recommended JetBrains TeamCity in Hacker News comments, 3 had mixed feelings and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for reliability, a preference over other CI systems, and a full set of built-in features. Critics find it complex, heavy and costly.

Summary written by Claude from 14 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Rarely or never goes down (2 comments in the sample): "I don't remember it ever being down in the last 12 years I have been working here." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48279048)) "We had 0 downtime in 12 months on our TC as a comparison." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47938326))
- Preferred over other CI systems (2 comments in the sample): "I think TeamCity is a better product, and I’d be happy to pay for it tbh!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47507330)) "The CI system I enjoyed the most was TeamCity" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46909338))

## What people warn about

- Complex and clunky to use (2 comments in the sample): "I cannot think of a more clunky and hard to use system" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47948308)) "Jenkins and Teamcity are way too complex" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47542746))
- Costly, needs paid license (2 comments in the sample): "we’re paying a shit ton of money for this and it’s a pain in the ass" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977870)) "that needs a license and I can't have that at work apparently" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45943467))
- Heavy and bloated (2 comments in the sample): "On the heavy side, but TeamCity is full of goodies." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46292214)) "all that is so bloated with either Java or Kotlin" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977988))

## Other CI/CD services people recommend

- [GitHub Actions](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-actions/): 105 recommend, 82 mixed, 681 criticize
- [GitLab CI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitlab-ci/): 42 recommend, 11 mixed, 23 criticize
- [Jenkins](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jenkins/): 39 recommend, 25 mixed, 52 criticize
- [Woodpecker CI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/woodpecker-ci/): 32 recommend, 4 mixed, 3 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "JetBrains TeamCity", https://hackerapproved.com/p/teamcity/ (6 recommend, 3 mixed, 5 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.