Knapsack Pro
Knapsack Pro
Bitbucket Pipelineshttps://bitbucket.org/product/features/pipelines |
CodeShiphttps://codeship.com |
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| Unique feature |
Best Jira integration possible |
Runs on own infrastructure |
| Type of product |
SaaS / On Premise |
SaaS |
| Offers a free plan |
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) |
YesFree for up to 100 builds per month |
| Predictable pricing |
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. |
YesClearly defined, calculator, expensive |
| Support / SLA |
YesDedicated tehnical support. |
YesOffers great dev 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 |
Yes |
YesVia easy Yaml config file, limited by the specs of the machine you have purchased |
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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 |
N/ADocumentation is unclear, but it's reasonable to assume that distributed builds for the on premise version are not an issue. |
No |
| Containers support / Build environment |
Yes |
YesNative support for Docker |
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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 overview and contextual feedback. |
Yes |
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Management support
How easy is it to manage users / projects / assign roles and permissions and so on |
Yes |
YesFull with organization and teams management |
| Self-hosted option |
Yes |
No |
| Hosted plans / SaaS |
Yes |
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. |
Yes |
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 |
N/A |
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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 collection of available apps: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/apps-and-integrations-675189068.html |
N/A |
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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. |
YesClear, concise documentation on setting up a Ruby project with Bitbucket pipelines: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/ruby-with-bitbucket-pipelines-872005618.html |
YesFairly complete documentation on Ruby projects: https://documentation.codeship.com/pro/languages-frameworks/ruby/ |
| Specific language support: JavaScript |
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 |
YesFairly complete documentation on Node.js projects: https://documentation.codeship.com/pro/languages-frameworks/nodejs/ |
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Integrations
1st party support for common tools (like Slack notifications, various VCS platforms, etc) |
YesLarge collection of available integrations: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/apps-and-integrations-675189068.html |
YesEasy to integrate a bunch of 3rd party services, such as Code Climate, Codecov, Rancher, Pager Duty and many more: https://documentation.codeship.com/general/integrations/codeclimate/ |
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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 |
YesCustom integrations are possible: https://documentation.codeship.com/general/integrations/custom-integration/ |
| Auditing |
Yes |
N/A |
| Additional notes |
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. |
CodeShip Pro gives you a lot more flexibility when defining your CI/CD process, plus you get your own AWS instance, so your build doesn't run on a shared server (this can be important for HIPAA or GDPR compliance, etc). |