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Dagger 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.

Dagger full profile →Travis CI full profile →
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Dagger54
Travis CI59
Score
vioscaleAI score
Dagger54 / 100medium · 67%
Travis CI59 / 100low · 19%
Pricing
Free tier
Dagger✓
Travis CI✓
Model
Daggerfreemium
Travis CIfreemium
Price level
Daggermid
Travis CIlow
Starting price
Dagger$50
Travis CI–
Transparent
Dagger✓
Travis CI✓
Integrations
Count
Dagger6
Travis CI11
Security
Gdpr
Dagger✓
Travis CI–
Scorecard
Dagger5.1
Travis CI–
Soc2
Dagger✓
Travis CI–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Dagger✓
Travis CI–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Dagger17
Travis CI–
Github stars
Dagger16,339
Travis CI–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Dagger100
Travis CI–
Release
History
Dagger20 items
Travis CI–
License
Spdx
DaggerApache-2.0
Travis CI–
Language
Primary
DaggerGo
Travis CI–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Dagger7 items
Travis CI6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Dagger

A platform for automating software delivery that enables teams to define build, test, and deployment workflows as code in multiple programming languages. Pipelines execute consistently across local machines, CI systems, and cloud infrastructure with built-in caching, tracing, and container orchestration.

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.

Dagger

from $50/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

Free for individuals. $50/month for teams (up to 10 users, 2-week free trial).

  • IndividualFree
    • Pipeline visualization
    • Local and cloud execution
  • Team$50/month for up to 10 users, 2-week free trial
    • Centralized control plane
    • Pipeline telemetry and visualization
    • Distributed cache orchestration
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
Dagger✗
Travis CI✓
macOS
Dagger✓
Travis CI✗
Windows
Dagger✓
Travis CI✗
Linux
Dagger✓
Travis CI✗
CLI
Dagger✓
Travis CI✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Dagger✓
Travis CI✓
Self-hosted
Dagger✓
Travis CI✓
On-premise
Dagger✗
Travis CI✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • Docker
  • GitHub
  • GitLab

Dagger

10 total - 7 not shared
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Kubernetes
  • Terragrunt
  • Istio
  • Jaeger
  • Honeycomb
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed

Travis CI

11 total - 8 not shared
  • Bitbucket
  • DeepSource
  • Coveralls
  • Coverity Scan
  • SourceClear
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • Slack
  • NPM
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Dagger or Travis CI: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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