Knapsack Pro
Knapsack Pro
Gitlab CIhttps://about.gitlab.com/product/continuous-integration/ |
Solano CIhttps://xebialabs.com/technology/solano-ci/ |
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| Unique feature |
AutoDev Ops / Allows keeping code management and CI in the same place
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N/A
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| Type of product |
SaaS / On Premise
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| Offers a free plan |
Yes Very generous free plans for both the SaaS version as well as the on premise version. |
No Their website only mentions a free trial |
| Predictable pricing |
Yes Clear and affordable pricing for both SaaS and self-hosted versions. |
No Very hard to get any information on pricing. It seems like they target enterprise clients only. |
| Support / SLA |
Yes All paid plans include next business day support. |
N/A
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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 Easily configure jobs you want to be run in parallel via the YML config file (gitlab-ci.yml) |
N/A They mention that by paralellizing tests they get a huge performance boost (10x to 80x) but details are severly lacking. |
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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 |
Yes
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N/A
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| Containers support / Build environment |
Yes The Docker Container Registry is integrated into GitLab by default |
Yes
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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
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Yes The wording they use implies that this is possible. |
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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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N/A
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| Self-hosted option |
Yes
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N/A
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| Hosted plans / SaaS |
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 Defined via YML config files |
Yes The wording they use suggests that this is possible. |
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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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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
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N/A Probably not, considering how non-transparent this product is. |
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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 Although not built into GitLab CI by default, the Docker support allows solving any Ruby specific need that may arise. |
N/A
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| Specific language support: JavaScript |
Yes Although not built into GitLab CI by default, the Docker support allows solving any Javascript specific need that may arise. |
N/A
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Integrations
1st party support for common tools (like Slack notifications, various VCS platforms, etc) |
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 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. |
N/A
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| Auditing |
Yes
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N/A
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| Additional notes |
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/ |
It seems like Solano CI has been retired, and the new solution is the XebiaLabs DevOps Platform, but which integrates Jenkins and Travis, among others: https://xebialabs.com/products/devops-platform-overview/ |