Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Buildkite
Buildkite clearly comes out ahead of Travis CI on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Buildkite has a free tier; Travis CI does not. Paid plans start at $30/mo for Buildkite and $15/mo for Travis CI.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Buildkite | Travis CI |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSecSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud | Development |
| Categories | devops | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Buildkite
freemium
per user
custom
usage based
flat
custom
| Feature | buildkite | travis-ci |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Year Build Retention | ||
| 1 To 300 Concurrent Jobs | ||
| 10 Concurrent Self-Hosted Agents Per Org/Mo | ||
| 35,000 Linux Build Credits Per Month | ||
| 1Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined)/Mo | ||
| 80 Concurrent Jobs | ||
| 2,000 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| Linux Customized Images Addon | ||
| 20Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined) Per Org/Mo | ||
| On-Premise Or Private Cloud | ||
| 250 Managed Tests Per Org/Mo | ||
| Perforce And Subversion Ci/Cd | ||
| 3 Concurrent Jobs (Hosted+Self-Hosted) Per Org/Mo | ||
| Premium Support Options | ||
| 500 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| Premium Vms Available | ||
| 50K Test Executions/Mo | ||
| Unlimited Build Credits | ||
| 90 Days Build Retention | ||
| Unlimited Collaborators | ||
| Advanced Governance & Control | ||
| Unlimited Repositories | ||
| Build Exports | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Custom Scim, Saml, Adfs | ||
| Github Enterprise Support | ||
| Job Retries Report | ||
| Pause Queues | ||
| Premium Support With Sla | ||
| Priority Email Support |
Showing 30 of 30 features
Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Buildkite comes out ahead overall, though Travis CI can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Buildkite's paid plans start at $30/mo and Travis CI's start at $15/mo, so Travis CI is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Buildkite offers a free tier; Travis CI does not currently list one.
Travis CI scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
