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Comparison

Buildkite vs Travis CI

No leader: the top candidate Travis CI has only 0.19 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Buildkite full profile →Travis CI full profile →
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Buildkite59
Travis CI73
Score
Vioscale score
Buildkite59 / 100medium · 73%
Travis CI73 / 100low · 19%
Pricing
Free tier
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
Model
Buildkitefreemium
Travis CIfreemium
Price level
Buildkitemid
Travis CIlow
Transparent
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
Integrations
Count
Buildkite35
Travis CI11
Security
Disclosure policy
Buildkite✓
Travis CI–
Gdpr
Buildkite✓
Travis CI–
Soc2
Buildkite✓
Travis CI–
Reliability
Status page
Buildkite✓
Travis CI–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ci/cd tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Hosting
BuildkiteCloud + self-hosted
Travis CICloud + self-hosted
Self-hosted runners
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
Core
Config-as-code pipelines
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
Matrix / parallel builds
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
Build
Container-native builds
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
Performance
Build caching
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
Security
Secrets management
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
Delivery
Deployment environments & approvals
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
Ecosystem
Reusable actions / marketplace
Buildkite✓
Travis CI-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Buildkite

A CI/CD platform providing flexible pipeline orchestration, automated test optimization, and supply chain security. Supports cloud-hosted and self-managed agents with built-in test analytics, package registries, and integrations across development tools.

Independently observed

Travis CI

A continuous integration and deployment service that enables developers to automatically run tests, perform quality checks, and deploy code. It emphasizes simple configuration syntax and fast feedback cycles through parallel builds across multiple programming languages and environments.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Buildkite

from $30/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free tier available. Pro from $30/user/month. Enterprise custom pricing.

  • PersonalFree
    • 3 concurrent jobs
    • 1 user
    • 90-day build retention
    • 250 managed tests
    • 50k test executions/month
    • +1 more
  • Pro$30/active user/month
    • Unlimited concurrent jobs
    • Unlimited users
    • All Linux and Mac M4 agent sizes
    • Cache volumes
    • Git mirror volumes
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • SCIM/SAML/ADFS
    • Audit logs
    • Build exports
    • Pipeline templates
    • Premium support SLA
as of verify ↗

Travis CI

from $13.75/moSubscriptionFree tier100-day trial

From $13.75/month. Free tier for open-source projects; 100 trial builds for private repositories.

  • Usage Based$13.75/month or $153/year
    • 420,000 Linux build credits per year
    • 80 concurrent jobs
    • Premium VMs available
    • 35,000 credits per month included
    • Unlimited users (billed per user)
  • Unlimited Plan$66+/month or $733/year
    • Unlimited credits for non-premium VMs
    • 1–300 concurrent jobs
    • Unlimited collaborators and repositories
    • Unlimited storage
    • Premium VMs available
  • On-Premise/Private CloudContact sales
    • On-premise or private cloud deployment
    • Perforce and Subversion CI/CD support
    • Premium support options
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
CLI
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
Self-hosted
Buildkite✓
Travis CI✓
On-premise
Buildkite✗
Travis CI✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)
  • GitHub
  • Docker
  • NPM

Buildkite

35 total - 32 not shared
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • Bitbucket Server
  • AWS ECR
  • AWS S3
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • AWS IAM
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • Kubernetes
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • PyPI
  • RubyGems
  • Maven
  • Apt
  • RPM
  • Helm
  • Alpine
  • Jest
  • Mocha
  • Cypress
  • Playwright
  • Jasmine
  • Rspec
  • minitest
  • +8 more
Independently observed

Travis CI

11 total - 8 not shared
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • DeepSource
  • Coveralls
  • Coverity Scan
  • SourceClear
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • Slack
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.