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Scrutinizer CI vs CodeShip comparison of Continuous Integration servers
What are the differences between Scrutinizer CI and CodeShip?

Scrutinizer CI

https://scrutinizer-ci.com

CodeShip

https://codeship.com
Unique feature

Ongoing statical analysis

Runs on own infrastructure

Type of product

SaaS

SaaS

Offers a free plan

Yes

Free for open source projects

Yes

Free for up to 100 builds per month

Predictable pricing

Yes

Three different paid monthly tiers

Yes

Clearly defined, calculator, expensive

Support / SLA

N/A

Not specifically mentioned, probably not.

Yes

Offers great dev 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

Automated parallalelization for code analysis, as well as support for running tasks in parallel

Yes

Via easy Yaml config file, limited by the specs of the machine you have purchased

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)

No

Containers support / Build environment

Yes

Tests run in isolated containers. Docker support available.

Yes

Native support for Docker

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

Besides classic CI overview, they also provide static code analysis insights, which is a differentiator for Scrutinizer

Yes

Management support
How easy is it to manage users / projects / assign roles and permissions and so on

Yes

Additional seats available for every plan at $14.90 per seat, per month.

Yes

Full with organization and teams management

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

Pipelines as code (YML files)

Yes

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

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?

No

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

Code analysis (automated code reviews) are available for Ruby, as well as specific documentation for setting up a Ruby project: https://scrutinizer-ci.com/docs/guides/ruby. Frameworks like Ruby on Rails are supported. They also provide tools like bundler-audit, for identifying vulnerable gems: https://scrutinizer-ci.com/docs/tools/ruby/bundler-audit/

Yes

Fairly complete documentation on Ruby projects: https://documentation.codeship.com/pro/languages-frameworks/ruby/

Specific language support: JavaScript

Yes

Automated code reviews are available for Javascript as well as specific documentation for setting up a Node.js project: https://scrutinizer-ci.com/docs/guides/javascript. Typescript is also supported.

Yes

Fairly complete documentation on Node.js projects: https://documentation.codeship.com/pro/languages-frameworks/nodejs/

Integrations
1st party support for common tools (like Slack notifications, various VCS platforms, etc)

Yes

Light integration with third party systems, mainly code management frameworks like GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab.

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/

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

Comprehensive REST API available: https://scrutinizer-ci.com/docs/api/

Yes

Custom integrations are possible: https://documentation.codeship.com/general/integrations/custom-integration/

Auditing

N/A

Unclear from the documentation, but most likely available.

N/A

Additional notes

The code analysis features seem great, the offer for similar tools is quite light. Seems similar to lgtm.com

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).

CodeShip Parallelisation - Parallel Test Pipelines how to run Ruby & JavaScript tests faster

CodeShip parallelism integration

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