Continuous Integration Comparison

A comparison of various continuous delivery options.

Table of contents

• Self Hosted vs Hosted
• Platforms

Self Hosted vs Hosted

Type	Pros	Cons
Self-Hosted	Absolute control over every aspect of build process	Time consuming Huge barrier for new projects
Hosted	No maintenance Minimal setup for new projects Easy integrations Build badges	Cost

TL;DR Hosted saves us time. Self-hosted gives us flexability.

Platforms

All of these meet minimum requirements:

• headless browser support
• deployment pipeline support
• github and bitbucket integration
• flexible scripting
• build badges
• parallel tests

Name	Hosting	Pros	Cons	Price
Codeship	Hosted	BitBucket support Dependency caching Parallel test running Debug builds via ssh		$199/month
Jenkins	Self	Free Lots of plugins Highly customizable	Hard to debug Have to manage server Outdated tech Not congruent with devops practices Outdated interface	Free
Go CD	Self	Free Very flexible w/ environments Fan-in/fan-out dependency management		Free
Travis CI	Both	Dependency caching Simple/Easy UI Tests/Deployment in single file Concurrent builds Secrets encryption	No bitbucket support No parallel tests	$250/month
Robot Sweatshop	Self	Test on every environment	Time sink No community support	Free
Circle CI	Hosted	SSH debugging Automatic parallelization Fast test magic	Very Expensive with scale No bitbucket support	$269/mo for 6 containers
Drone	Both	Built on docker containers Easy self hosting Inexpensive	Limited feature set	$50/month
Solano CI	Both	SSH Debug Parallel builds		$125/month