Knapsack Pro
Knapsack Pro
Solano CIhttps://xebialabs.com/technology/solano-ci/ |
Bamboohttps://www.atlassian.com/software/bamboo |
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| Unique feature |
N/A |
Atlassian suite integration |
| Type of product |
N/A |
On Premise |
| Offers a free plan |
NoTheir website only mentions a free trial |
YesThe full Atlassian suite is free for open source projects (https://www.atlassian.com/software/views/open-source-license-request). For all others, they offer a minimal free trial. |
| Predictable pricing |
NoVery hard to get any information on pricing. It seems like they target enterprise clients only. |
YesThey price their product based on number of build agents (more concurrency, more expensive). Given the notoriety and depth of the Atlassian suite, the pricing can be steep for small companies. |
| Support / SLA |
N/A |
YesDedicated tehnical support. |
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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 |
N/AThey mention that by paralellizing tests they get a huge performance boost (10x to 80x) but details are severly lacking. |
YesUp to 100 parallel agents |
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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 |
YesAgents can run on multiple machines. |
| Containers support / Build environment |
Yes |
YesBy default, they offer Docker support for the CI/CD job runners. |
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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) |
YesThe wording they use implies that this is possible. |
YesExcellent dashboards, even more so thanks to integrations with the other tools in the Atlassian arsenal |
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Management support
How easy is it to manage users / projects / assign roles and permissions and so on |
N/A |
YesGreat management support, built for large scale companies, even allows setting per-environment permissions (ie: QA team can only deploy to their own, isolated environment) |
| Self-hosted option |
N/A |
Yes |
| Hosted plans / SaaS |
N/A |
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. |
YesThe wording they use suggests that this is possible. |
YesAdvanced pipeline support - with features built for feature branch support, various triggers, schedules, external notifications and more. |
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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. |
N/A |
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? |
N/AProbably not, considering how non-transparent this product is. |
YesLarge selection (~200) of apps that integrate with Bamboo, available on the official marketplace for Bamboo: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/addons/app/bamboo |
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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. |
N/A |
Yes (partial)It looks like the documentation and features for Ruby are lagging behind. All I could find is this repo: https://github.com/drscream/bamboozled-ruby-plugin, following this support ticket: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-10948 from this documentation stub page: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo0601/getting-started-with-ruby-and-bamboo-935580774.html |
| Specific language support: JavaScript |
N/A |
NoNo specific support, beyond some documentation on integrating Selenium (not marked as partial support since that documentation is only promoted in the Atlassian docs, but is hosted by BrowserStack) |
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Integrations
1st party support for common tools (like Slack notifications, various VCS platforms, etc) |
N/A |
YesDeep integration with the Atlassian product stack (Jira, etc.). |
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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 |
N/A |
Yes |
| Auditing |
N/A |
Yes |
| Additional notes |
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/ |
Not really something that should be purchased separatelly from the Atlassian stack. |