CodeFresh CIhttps://codefresh.io |
GoCDhttps://www.gocd.org |
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Unique feature |
Built for Kubernetes
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Free, open source CI/CD server
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Type of product |
SaaS / On Premise
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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 Free, open source software. They provide some Enterprise add-ons and support at a cost though. |
Predictable pricing |
Yes Easy price calculator, based on the number of machines, concurrent jobs and special features. |
Yes For the Enterprise plans, they specify very clear tiers depending on the number of pipelines (directly correlated with the size of the organization) |
Support / SLA |
Yes Paid support for enterprise plans |
Yes Paid support available for enterprise plans |
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
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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 They specify supporting tools like TLB (http://test-load-balancer.github.io/) which would require distributed builds. |
Containers support / Build environment |
Yes Built for Kubernetes, so containers are a must. |
Yes Native Docker and Kubernetes support |
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 One of the greatest things about GoCD is their Value Stream Map which allows tracing every pipeline through every stage, from code commit, to testing and deployment. They also offer various dashboards for seeing status at a glance. |
Management support
How easy is it to manage users / projects / assign roles and permissions and so on |
Yes
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Yes Allows managing users, assigning roles, and even defining user groups with specific rights for certain pipelines. |
Self-hosted option |
Yes Only available for enterprise plans |
Yes
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Hosted plans / SaaS |
Yes
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No
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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 Fairly advanced support, from config files (YML, Groovy, JSON, etc) to API and UI interface for building and managing pipelines. |
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 Wide array of plugins available: https://www.gocd.org/plugins/#artifact (although they seem to pride themselves on the fact that most common operations / needs are first class citizens, so no plugins needed) |
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 Available via plugins, such as the Gem repository poller: https://www.gocd.org/plugins/#package-repo |
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 Available via plugins, such as the npm repository poller: https://www.gocd.org/plugins/#package-repo |
Integrations
1st party support for common tools (like Slack notifications, various VCS platforms, etc) |
Yes https://steps.codefresh.io |
Yes Integrations are also available via plugins (for notifications, LDAP authorization, Elastic agents and more): https://www.gocd.org/plugins/#notification |
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 You can build on top of GoCD in a variety of ways, from writing custom plugins to using the CCTray feed provided by it. |
Auditing |
Yes Audit logs available: https://codefresh.io/docs/docs/enterprise/audit-logs/ |
Yes
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Additional notes |
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