Knapsack Pro
Knapsack Pro
Solano CIhttps://xebialabs.com/technology/solano-ci/ |
CodeShiphttps://codeship.com |
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| Unique feature |
N/A
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Runs on own infrastructure
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| Type of product |
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SaaS
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| Offers a free plan |
No Their website only mentions a free trial |
Yes Free for up to 100 builds per month |
| Predictable pricing |
No Very hard to get any information on pricing. It seems like they target enterprise clients only. |
Yes Clearly defined, calculator, expensive |
| Support / SLA |
N/A
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Yes Offers great dev 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/A They mention that by paralellizing tests they get a huge performance boost (10x to 80x) but details are severly lacking. |
Yes Via easy Yaml config file, limited by the specs of the machine you have purchased |
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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
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No
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| Containers support / Build environment |
Yes
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Yes Native support for Docker |
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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 The wording they use implies that this is possible. |
Yes
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Management support
How easy is it to manage users / projects / assign roles and permissions and so on |
N/A
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Yes Full with organization and teams management |
| Self-hosted option |
N/A
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No
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| Hosted plans / SaaS |
N/A
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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 The wording they use suggests that this is possible. |
Yes
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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
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N/A
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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/A Probably not, considering how non-transparent this product is. |
N/A
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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
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Yes Fairly complete documentation on Ruby projects: https://documentation.codeship.com/pro/languages-frameworks/ruby/ |
| Specific language support: JavaScript |
N/A
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Yes Fairly complete documentation on Node.js projects: https://documentation.codeship.com/pro/languages-frameworks/nodejs/ |
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Integrations
1st party support for common tools (like Slack notifications, various VCS platforms, etc) |
N/A
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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/ |
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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
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Yes Custom integrations are possible: https://documentation.codeship.com/general/integrations/custom-integration/ |
| Auditing |
N/A
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N/A
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| 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/ |
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). |