Knapsack Pro
Knapsack Pro
CodeFresh CIhttps://codefresh.io |
Shippablehttps://www.shippable.com |
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| Unique feature |
Built for Kubernetes |
N/A |
| Type of product |
SaaS / On Premise |
SaaS / On Premise |
| Offers a free plan |
YesOffers a minimal free plan (only one concurrent job, 3 users, various other limitations) |
YesFree unlimited builds for open source projects, 150 builds per month for all others (hosted plan). For the on-premise solution they only offer a 30 day trial. |
| Predictable pricing |
YesEasy price calculator, based on the number of machines, concurrent jobs and special features. |
YesClear pricing based on number of concurrent jobs. They also allow a varied combination of platforms you want to run (Ubuntu, Windows, MacOS, CentOS) and provide a Bring Your Own Node option (so you can run builds on your own infrastructure) |
| Support / SLA |
YesPaid support for enterprise plans |
YesOne of the few competitors to offer support tiers with clearly defined SLAs: https://www.shippable.com/premium-support.html as well as Services and Training: https://www.shippable.com/devops-services.html |
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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 |
YesOne thing that stands out, is the shipctl CLI tool, which can automatically determine which tests to run in parallel, based on previous performance, such that a minimal amount of time is ensured: http://docs.shippable.com/ci/running-parallel-tests/#running-tests-in-parallel |
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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/AUnclear from the documentation (probably not) |
N/ANo specific mention. From the wording, multiple environments are certainly available, but it's unclear if the tasks can be distributed to multiple containers/VMs on the same machine, or multiple machines. |
| Containers support / Build environment |
YesBuilt for Kubernetes, so containers are a must. |
YesNative Docker support |
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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) |
YesThey seem to provide pretty great status overview, depending on the type of plan you're using. |
YesDetailed statistics available at multiple levels (job, account, project, etc.). They also include a view they call SPOG (Single Pane of Glass) which allows viewing a real-time representation of all of the pipelines in the organization, from where you can drill-in to the leaf nodes you're interested in. |
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Management support
How easy is it to manage users / projects / assign roles and permissions and so on |
Yes |
Yes |
| Self-hosted option |
YesOnly available for enterprise plans |
Yes |
| 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. |
YesPipelines as code (YML files) |
YesConfigurable via an YML file (called Assembly Lines) |
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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? |
YesEvery step in a CodeFresh pipeline is a Docker image. A wide array of steps is available over at https://steps.codefresh.io/ |
Yeshttps://www.shippable.com/integrations.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. |
YesSpecific documentation for a sample Ruby-on-Rails project: https://codefresh.io/docs/docs/learn-by-example/ruby/ |
YesRuby is available by default on the Shippable container images. They also provide support for tools such as Cucumber or RSpec. Specific documentation for Ruby available on the website: http://docs.shippable.com/ci/ruby-continuous-integration/ |
| Specific language support: JavaScript |
YesThere'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) |
YesSpecific documentation for Node.js available: http://docs.shippable.com/ci/ruby-continuous-integration/ |
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Integrations
1st party support for common tools (like Slack notifications, various VCS platforms, etc) |
Yeshttps://steps.codefresh.io |
Yeshttp://docs.shippable.com/ci/ruby-continuous-integration/ |
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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 |
YesRich REST API available, well documented at https://g.codefresh.io/api/ |
YesProvides a straight-forward REST API: http://docs.shippable.com/platform/api/api-overview/. They also provide ways to integrate notifications in your workflow, via webhooks or specific channels (IRC, Slack, Email, etc): http://docs.shippable.com/ci/send-notifications/ |
| Auditing |
YesAudit logs available: https://codefresh.io/docs/docs/enterprise/audit-logs/ |
Yes |
| Additional notes |
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