Comparison

Jenkins 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.

Jenkins full profile →Travis CI full profile →

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Jenkins55

Travis CI59

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Jenkins	Travis CI
Vioscale score	55 / 100high · 75%updating	59 / 100low · 19%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	11
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.5	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=jenkins-x%2Fjenkins&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	26,498	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	81	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	5	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · HQ DE

Score

Vioscale score

Jenkins55 / 100high · 75%updating

Travis CI59 / 100low · 19%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✓

Model

Jenkinscommercial

Travis CIfreemium

Price level

Jenkinsfree

Travis CIlow

Transparent

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✓

Integrations

Count

Jenkins1

Travis CI11

Security

Disclosure policy

Jenkins✓

Travis CI–

Scorecard

Jenkins5.5

Travis CI–

Soc2

Jenkins✓

Travis CI–

Vulnerabilities

JenkinsCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=jenkins-x%2Fjenkins&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Travis CI–

Reliability

Status page

Jenkins✓

Travis CI–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Jenkins0

Travis CI–

Github stars

Jenkins26,498

Travis CI–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Jenkins81

Travis CI–

Release

Cadence days

Jenkins5

Travis CI–

History

Jenkins20 items

Travis CI–

License

Spdx

JenkinsMIT

Travis CI–

Language

Primary

JenkinsJava

Travis CI–

Market

Availability

JenkinsAvailable worldwide

Travis CIAvailable worldwide · HQ DE

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for CI/CD Tools
Capability	Jenkins	Travis CI
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Cloud + self-hosted
Self-hosted runners	✓	✓
Core
Config-as-code pipelines	✓	✓
Matrix / parallel builds	✓	✓
Build
Container-native builds	-	✓
Performance
Build caching	-	✓
Security
Secrets management	-	✓
Delivery
Deployment environments & approvals	✓	✓
Ecosystem
Reusable actions / marketplace	✓	-

Deployment

Hosting

JenkinsSelf-hosted only

Travis CICloud + self-hosted

Self-hosted runners

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✓

Core

Config-as-code pipelines

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✓

Matrix / parallel builds

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✓

Build

Container-native builds

Jenkins-

Travis CI✓

Performance

Build caching

Jenkins-

Travis CI✓

Security

Secrets management

Jenkins-

Travis CI✓

Delivery

Deployment environments & approvals

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✓

Ecosystem

Reusable actions / marketplace

Jenkins✓

Travis CI-

What each one is

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

Jenkins

A self-contained Java application that automates building, testing, and deployment workflows. Extensible through hundreds of community-maintained plugins and supports distributing work across multiple machines.

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.

Jenkins

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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 2026-08-16verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Jenkins	Travis CI
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✓

macOS

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✗

Windows

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✗

Linux

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✗

CLI

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Jenkins✗

Travis CI✓

Self-hosted

Jenkins✓

Travis CI✓

On-premise

Jenkins✗

Travis CI✓

Integrations

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

Jenkins

1 total

Subversion

Independently observed

Travis CI

11 total

GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
Docker
DeepSource
Coveralls
Coverity Scan
SourceClear
HashiCorp Vault
Slack
NPM

Independently observed

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