Case Study: Eventbrite saves $70K a year and cuts developer downtime with CircleCI

Eventbrite saves $70K a year and cuts dev downtime

Eventbrite, the event technology platform behind planning and ticketing for live events, was frustrated by its previous CI/CD tool, Jenkins. The team lacked visibility into test failures and needed more repeatable tools and configurations to help developers work faster while staying secure and independent.

Eventbrite turned to CircleCI to replace Jenkins with a more reliable, flexible CI/CD platform. Using CircleCI’s config policies, private orbs, and Insights dashboard, the team standardized pipelines, enforced security guardrails, and improved troubleshooting. The result was 90 minutes saved per developer each week, a 28% reduction in developer downtime, and about $70K in annual savings for Eventbrite.

Eventbrite

Steven Reynolds

Principal Engineer