Pmease

What Pmease does

PMEase is a privately held, bootstrapped software company founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Jose, California. It develops and sells QuickBuild, a Java-based continuous integration and deployment server designed for DevOps teams and software development organizations. QuickBuild is built on a distributed grid architecture supporting parallel step execution across multiple nodes, hierarchical project configuration with inheritance for workflow reuse, and a plugin-based extensibility model. The product integrates with a broad set of SCM systems (Git, Subversion, Perforce, TFS, Mercurial, Bazaar, Gerrit, BitBucket), issue trackers (JIRA, Bugzilla, Trac, Redmine, TeamForge), authentication systems (LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OpenID, Azure AD), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, GCP), and a wide range of code quality and testing tools. Notable proprietary features include proof build (pre-commit testing on the server), configuration inheritance, flexible build promotion for release workflows, and a cross-platform tray monitor rewritten in Rust using Tauri in version 16.0.

The company operates a product-led growth motion with three licensing tiers: a free community license for small teams (up to 16 configurations with unlimited users and agents), an enterprise site license at $3,600 per physical site (unlimited configurations, users, servers, and agents) with annual commercial service renewals at $2,400 per site, and free licensing for qualifying open source projects. Distribution occurs through direct download from the PMEase website, an online demo, and a FastSpring-powered e-commerce store for enterprise purchases, with direct sales contact for evaluations. PMEase reports serving over 1,000 organizations globally, including named enterprise customers such as Microsoft, Cisco, Disney, HP, Samsung, Toyota, Siemens, Intel, Apple, and Lego. The company has released 17 major versions of QuickBuild at roughly annual cadence from 2009 through 2026, with no disclosed venture capital or private equity funding.

The business model is essentially a self-hosted, site-licensed perpetual software business with an annual support/upgrade renewal layer. Revenue mechanics combine upfront license fees, recurring service contracts, and a freemium funnel that converts small teams into enterprise site buyers. The company appears to operate with a small headcount — none disclosed — and no acquisitions, partnerships, or leadership changes are documented, indicating a stable, independently run operation.

Name

Pmease

Legal name

PMEase

Website

https://pmease.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Short description

PMEase is a privately held, bootstrapped software company founded in 2006 that develops QuickBuild, a Java-based continuous integration and deployment server for DevOps teams. The product serves 1,000+ organizations globally through a freemium community license and per-site enterprise licensing model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuous Integration / CI-CD Server

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Developer Tools & DevOps Platform Services (CI/CD, Artifacts, IaC) (HDABAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

DevSecOps & Supply Chain Security (DevOps toolchain security) (BPAEAKAI), Cloud-Native Development (Containers, Kubernetes, Microservices) (BPAEACAD)

Keywords

• Continuous integration
• Continuous deployment
• Build automation
• Ci cd platform
• Devops software

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Enterprise Site License: Perpetual enterprise license sold on a per-physical-site basis. Single license allows unlimited installations on physical servers with unlimited concurrent user accounts, build agents, and build configurations. Includes one year of commercial service (support, source code access, upgrades).
2. Commercial Service Renewal: Annual renewal of commercial service providing prioritized email support (2 business day response), source code access for released versions, and software upgrades. Free for first year with initial license purchase.
3. Community License (Freemium): Free community license provides up to 16 configurations with unlimited users and agents. Serves as a free entry tier for small teams and a conversion funnel to enterprise license upgrades.
4. Open Source License: Free licensing provided to qualifying open source projects with no restrictions on configurations, users, or agents. Includes product upgrades but not support services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PMEase develops and sells QuickBuild, a Java-based continuous integration and deployment server for DevOps teams. The product delivers build automation, automated testing, code quality analysis, and deployment pipelines through a distributed build grid architecture with parallel step execution. It is sold under a per-site Enterprise License ($3,600 per physical site), a free Community License for small teams, and a free Open Source License for qualifying projects.

Product overview

PMEase offers a single unified product called QuickBuild, a comprehensive continuous integration and deployment server for DevOps teams. QuickBuild is available under three licensing models: Community License (free for up to 16 configurations with unlimited users and agents), Enterprise Site License ($3,600 per physical site with unlimited configurations and prioritized support), and Open Source License (free for approved open source projects). The product supports flexible build workflows, parallel execution on distributed build grids, integration with various SCM systems, issue trackers, and cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes. Latest version is QuickBuild 16.0.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• QuickBuild: Flexible continuous integration and deployment server for DevOps teams. Main product offering of PMEase.

Products and services

• QuickBuild A flexible continuous integration and deployment server designed for DevOps teams. Supports build automation, testing, code quality analysis, deployment pipelines, and distributed build grids across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Unix. Includes proof build for pre-commit testing, configuration inheritance for workflow reuse, flexible build promotions, native cloud integrations (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes), comprehensive SCM integration (Git, SVN, Perforce, etc.), issue tracker integration (JIRA, Bugzilla, Trac, Redmine), code quality and test reporting with trending, artifact management, RESTful API, and plugin-based extensibility.

Quantifiable outcome

• Build time reduced from 5 hours to 2 hours using distributed grid technology and parallel execution
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration54 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Jenkins: Open-source CI/CD server and the dominant alternative to QuickBuild. Both target build and release engineers with extensible, plugin-based architectures for continuous integration and deployment.
• Atlassian Bamboo: Atlassian's CI/CD server offering tightly integrated with Jira and Bitbucket — both of which are QuickBuild integrations, putting Bamboo in direct competition for enterprise DevOps toolchains.
• GitLab CI: Built-in CI/CD component of the GitLab DevOps platform, competing head-to-head with QuickBuild's pipeline, build promotion, and continuous deployment capabilities.
• CircleCI: Cloud-native CI/CD platform targeting engineering teams with parallel build execution, orbs, and SaaS delivery model — overlapping closely with QuickBuild's grid and cloud integration features.
• Travis CI: Hosted CI/CD service for open source and commercial projects with parallel build execution; targets the same DevOps engineer persona with similar build, test, and deploy pipelines.
• JetBrains TeamCity: Commercial CI/CD server from JetBrains with deep IDE and JVM toolchain integration. Direct competitor to QuickBuild in the build automation and continuous integration category.
• Buildkite: Hybrid CI/CD platform combining SaaS orchestration with self-hosted agents, comparable to QuickBuild's distributed build grid and on-demand cloud agent model.

Broad incumbents

• Azure DevOps: Microsoft's full DevOps suite (Pipelines, Repos, Boards, Test Plans). Competes broadly with QuickBuild especially within Microsoft-centric enterprises; native integration partner in QuickBuild 11.0+.
• GitHub Actions: Microsoft-owned, repository-native CI/CD platform with deep GitHub ecosystem integration. Competes for the same DevOps teams PMEase targets, bundled with the most widely used code hosting service.

Emerging players

• Drone.io: Container-native CI/CD platform with pipeline-as-code focus; overlaps with QuickBuild's Docker integration and Kubernetes agent launch capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/PMEase/traymonitor/releases
• Xx.com/pmeaseqb

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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