Knapsack Pro
Knapsack Pro
CodeFresh CIhttps://codefresh.io |
Gitlab CIhttps://about.gitlab.com/product/continuous-integration/ |
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| Unique feature |
Built for Kubernetes
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AutoDev Ops / Allows keeping code management and CI in the same place
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| Type of product |
SaaS / On Premise
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SaaS / On Premise
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| Offers a free plan |
Yes Offers a minimal free plan (only one concurrent job, 3 users, various other limitations) |
Yes Very generous free plans for both the SaaS version as well as the on premise version. |
| Predictable pricing |
Yes Easy price calculator, based on the number of machines, concurrent jobs and special features. |
Yes Clear and affordable pricing for both SaaS and self-hosted versions. |
| Support / SLA |
Yes Paid support for enterprise plans |
Yes All paid plans include next business day 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
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Yes Easily configure jobs you want to be run in parallel via the YML config file (gitlab-ci.yml) |
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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/A Unclear from the documentation (probably not) |
Yes
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| Containers support / Build environment |
Yes Built for Kubernetes, so containers are a must. |
Yes The Docker Container Registry is integrated into GitLab by default |
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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) |
Yes They seem to provide pretty great status overview, depending on the type of plan you're using. |
Yes
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Management support
How easy is it to manage users / projects / assign roles and permissions and so on |
Yes
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Yes
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| Self-hosted option |
Yes Only available for enterprise plans |
Yes
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| Hosted plans / SaaS |
Yes
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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 Pipelines as code (YML files) |
Yes Defined via YML config files |
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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
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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? |
Yes Every step in a CodeFresh pipeline is a Docker image. A wide array of steps is available over at https://steps.codefresh.io/ |
Yes
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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 Specific documentation for a sample Ruby-on-Rails project: https://codefresh.io/docs/docs/learn-by-example/ruby/ |
Yes Although not built into GitLab CI by default, the Docker support allows solving any Ruby specific need that may arise. |
| Specific language support: JavaScript |
Yes There's an 'npm publish' step available, and they also provide a few Javascript examples over at https://codefresh.io/docs/docs/learn-by-example/nodejs/ (one is just a sample, one is a little more complex, using Redis, Python, etc., and one is a React App) |
Yes Although not built into GitLab CI by default, the Docker support allows solving any Javascript specific need that may arise. |
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Integrations
1st party support for common tools (like Slack notifications, various VCS platforms, etc) |
Yes https://steps.codefresh.io |
Yes Plenty of third party integrations available throughout GitLab, most notably Kubernetes and GitHub, but also plenty of others: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/README.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 Rich REST API available, well documented at https://g.codefresh.io/api/ |
Yes Provides a REST API and a (new) GraphQL API, with plans to maintain the GraphQL API only going forward. Allows doing almost anything that can be done via the interface, at least in terms of CI needs. |
| Auditing |
Yes Audit logs available: https://codefresh.io/docs/docs/enterprise/audit-logs/ |
Yes
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| Additional notes |
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The Auto DevOps feature might be interesting to people looking for a very hands-off experience with getting a CI/CD process up and running https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/autodevops/ |