CodeShiphttps://codeship.com |
Semaphore CIhttps://semaphoreci.com |
|
---|---|---|
Unique feature |
Runs on own infrastructure
|
Autoscaling made easy / Great CLI
|
Type of product |
SaaS
|
SaaS
|
Offers a free plan |
Yes Free for up to 100 builds per month |
Yes 1,300 service minutes every month. Plans to release a free tier for open source projects. |
Predictable pricing |
Yes Clearly defined, calculator, expensive |
Yes Semaphore doesn't have traditional pricing tiers, instead it lists the types of machines you can use and their pricing per second of service. They plan to release an annual plan at some point. |
Support / SLA |
Yes Offers great dev support |
N/A Not clear if they offer any real SLA on support. |
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 Via easy Yaml config file, limited by the specs of the machine you have purchased |
Yes Allows defining a custom build matrix such that your build can be parallelized accross several different environments. |
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 |
No
|
N/A
|
Containers support / Build environment |
Yes Native support for Docker |
Yes Allows running builds inside docker containers |
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
|
Yes
|
Management support
How easy is it to manage users / projects / assign roles and permissions and so on |
Yes Full with organization and teams management |
Yes
|
Self-hosted option |
No
|
No
|
Hosted plans / SaaS |
Yes
|
Yes
|
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 Allows defining complex build workflows with ease |
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. |
N/A
|
N/A
|
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? |
N/A
|
N/A
|
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 Fairly complete documentation on Ruby projects: https://documentation.codeship.com/pro/languages-frameworks/ruby/ |
Yes Provides rich documentation on integrating Semaphore CI in Ruby projects. Also provides sudo access if you need to install system dependencies or C extensions. |
Specific language support: JavaScript |
Yes Fairly complete documentation on Node.js projects: https://documentation.codeship.com/pro/languages-frameworks/nodejs/ |
Yes Provides rich documentation on integrating Semaphore CI in Javascript projects |
Integrations
1st party support for common tools (like Slack notifications, various VCS platforms, etc) |
Yes Easy 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/ |
Yes Integration with GitHub and Slack. They allow building iOS projects via their macOS Mojave VM image. |
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 Custom integrations are possible: https://documentation.codeship.com/general/integrations/custom-integration/ |
No
|
Auditing |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Additional notes |
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). |
List of features is based on Semaphore 2.0 |