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Comparison

CircleCI vs Travis CI

On the evidence we track, CircleCI leads this comparison with a composite score of 76/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

CircleCI full profile →Travis CI full profile →
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★CircleCI76
Travis CI59
Score
vioscaleAI score
CircleCI76 / 100medium · 74%
Travis CI59 / 100low · 19%
Pricing
Free tier
CircleCI✓
Travis CI✓
Model
CircleCIfreemium
Travis CIfreemium
Price level
CircleCImid
Travis CIlow
Starting price
CircleCI$15
Travis CI–
Transparent
CircleCI✓
Travis CI✓
Integrations
Count
CircleCI15
Travis CI11
Security
Disclosure policy
CircleCI✓
Travis CI–
Fedramp
CircleCI✓
Travis CI–
Gdpr
CircleCI✓
Travis CI–
Iso27001
CircleCI✓
Travis CI–
Pci
CircleCI✓
Travis CI–
Soc2
CircleCI✓
Travis CI–
Reliability
Status page
CircleCI✓
Travis CI–
Adoption
Stackoverflow questions
CircleCI8,600
Travis CI–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
CircleCI8 items
Travis CI6 items
Hosting
Model
CircleCIcloud
Travis CI–

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

CircleCI

Leader

A continuous integration and deployment service that automates software testing, building, and deployment across multiple compute environments, with intelligent workflow orchestration and parallel execution capabilities.

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.

CircleCI

Leader
from $15/moUsage-basedFree tier

Free plan with 30k monthly credits. Performance plan starts at $15/month with usage-based pricing for additional credits.

  • FreeFree
    • 30,000 free credits/month
    • Docker, Windows, Linux, Arm, macOS environments
    • Self-hosted runners
    • Docker layer caching
    • Deploys
    • +3 more
  • Performance$15/month + $0.60 per 1,000 additional credits
    • 30,000 free credits/month included
    • All compute environments including GPU
    • Docker layer caching
    • Deploys
    • Single sign-on (SSO)
    • +4 more
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
CircleCI✓
Travis CI✓
CLI
CircleCI✓
Travis CI✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CircleCI✓
Travis CI✓
Self-hosted
CircleCI✓
Travis CI✓
On-premise
CircleCI✗
Travis CI✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • GitHub
  • Docker

CircleCI

Leader
18 total - 16 not shared
  • AWS
  • AWS ECS
  • AWS ECR
  • AWS EKS
  • AWS S3
  • AWS Lambda
  • Heroku
  • Netlify
  • OpenID Connect
  • Vault
  • GCP
  • Stripe
  • MCP
  • Firebase Distribution
  • Fastlane
  • Rollbar
Independently observed

Travis CI

11 total - 9 not shared
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • DeepSource
  • Coveralls
  • Coverity Scan
  • SourceClear
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • Slack
  • NPM
Independently observed
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CircleCI or Travis CI: which one depends on you

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