Grunt isn't worse than Gulp. It may take longer to set up, but it is way more powerful if you do it correctly. Maybe Gulp has evolved, but the last time I used it (~4 months ago) it had its fair share of issues. If you're doing simple tasks (uglify all of this folder to this folder) it works well. When I used it there was no simple way to copy files from one dir to another. Instant no for me there.