Knapsack Pro
Knapsack Pro
Bamboohttps://www.atlassian.com/software/bamboo |
Bitbucket Pipelineshttps://bitbucket.org/product/features/pipelines |
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| Unique feature |
Atlassian suite integration |
Best Jira integration possible |
| Type of product |
On Premise |
SaaS / On Premise |
| Offers a free plan |
YesThe full Atlassian suite is free for open source projects (https://www.atlassian.com/software/views/open-source-license-request). For all others, they offer a minimal free trial. |
YesOffers a very modest free cloud plan, limited to 5 users, 50 minutes of build time per month and 1GB storage. There's no free self-hosted version, but they do offer a $10 one-time payment plan for 10 users (build time and storage is only limited by your infrastructure) |
| Predictable pricing |
YesThey price their product based on number of build agents (more concurrency, more expensive). Given the notoriety and depth of the Atlassian suite, the pricing can be steep for small companies. |
YesPricing is based on amount of users for both the cloud and on premise versions. The cloud offering has different tiers depending on build times and storage. |
| Support / SLA |
YesDedicated tehnical support. |
YesDedicated tehnical support. |
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Paralellism
Every CI servers tends to address this differently (parallel, distributed, build matrix). Some of it is just marketing, and some is just nuance. For this table, parallel means that tasks can be run concurrently on the same machine, distributed means that tasks can be scaled horizontally, on multiple machines How to split tests in parallel in the optimal way with Knapsack Pro |
YesUp to 100 parallel agents |
Yes |
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Distributed builds
distributed means that tasks can be scaled horizontally, on multiple machines How to split tests in parallel in the optimal way with Knapsack Pro |
YesAgents can run on multiple machines. |
N/ADocumentation is unclear, but it's reasonable to assume that distributed builds for the on premise version are not an issue. |
| Containers support / Build environment |
YesBy default, they offer Docker support for the CI/CD job runners. |
Yes |
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Analytics / Status overview
Analytics and overview referrs to the ability to, at a glance, see what's breaking (be it a certain task, or the build for a specific project) |
YesExcellent dashboards, even more so thanks to integrations with the other tools in the Atlassian arsenal |
YesExcellent overview and contextual feedback. |
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Management support
How easy is it to manage users / projects / assign roles and permissions and so on |
YesGreat management support, built for large scale companies, even allows setting per-environment permissions (ie: QA team can only deploy to their own, isolated environment) |
Yes |
| Self-hosted option |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hosted plans / SaaS |
No |
Yes |
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Build pipelines
A continuous delivery pipeline is a description of the process that the software goes through from a new code commit, through testing and other statical analysis steps all the way to the end-users of the product. |
YesAdvanced pipeline support - with features built for feature branch support, various triggers, schedules, external notifications and more. |
Yes |
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Reports
Reports are about the abilty to see specific reports (like code coverage or custom ones), but not necesarily tied in into a larger dashboard. |
Yes |
Yes |
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Ecosystem
Besides the official documentation and software, is there a large community using this product? Are there any community-driven tools / plugins that you can use? |
YesLarge selection (~200) of apps that integrate with Bamboo, available on the official marketplace for Bamboo: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/addons/app/bamboo |
YesLarge collection of available apps: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/apps-and-integrations-675189068.html |
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Specific language support: Ruby
Some CI servers have built-in support for parsing RSpec or Istanbul output for example and we mention those. Some others make it even easier by detecting Gemfiles or package.json and automate parts of the process for the developer. |
Yes (partial)It looks like the documentation and features for Ruby are lagging behind. All I could find is this repo: https://github.com/drscream/bamboozled-ruby-plugin, following this support ticket: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-10948 from this documentation stub page: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo0601/getting-started-with-ruby-and-bamboo-935580774.html |
YesClear, concise documentation on setting up a Ruby project with Bitbucket pipelines: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/ruby-with-bitbucket-pipelines-872005618.html |
| Specific language support: JavaScript |
NoNo specific support, beyond some documentation on integrating Selenium (not marked as partial support since that documentation is only promoted in the Atlassian docs, but is hosted by BrowserStack) |
YesClear, concise documentation on setting up a Javascript project with Bitbucket pipelines: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/javascript-node-js-with-bitbucket-pipelines-873891287.html |
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Integrations
1st party support for common tools (like Slack notifications, various VCS platforms, etc) |
YesDeep integration with the Atlassian product stack (Jira, etc.). |
YesLarge collection of available integrations: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/apps-and-integrations-675189068.html |
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API
Custom integreation is available, via an API or otherwise, it's mentioned separately as it allows further customization than any of the Ecosystem/Integration options |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auditing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Additional notes |
Not really something that should be purchased separatelly from the Atlassian stack. |
There's some confusion regarding Bitbucket Pipelines and Bamboo, where they overlap and where not. Atlassian discontinued their Bamboo Cloud offering ~3 years ago, so at a high-level they are different products in that regard. What can be said about both is that they are top-tier tools for high-demand engineering teams, especially valuable as long as the other tools in the Atlassian suite are adopted (Bitbucket is a must for Bitbucket pipelines, being just one if it's features, but other tools like Jira are not to be dismissed either). It does seem like Bitbucket Pipelines is the more mature product of the two though. |