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Comparison

Semaphore CI 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.

Semaphore CI full profile →Travis CI full profile →
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Semaphore CI68
Travis CI73
Score
Vioscale score
Semaphore CI68 / 100medium · 62%
Travis CI73 / 100low · 19%
Pricing
Free tier
Semaphore CI✓
Travis CI✓
Model
Semaphore CIfreemium
Travis CIfreemium
Price level
Semaphore CIlow
Travis CIlow
Transparent
Semaphore CI✓
Travis CI✓
Integrations
Count
Semaphore CI2
Travis CI11
Security
Iso27001
Semaphore CI✓
Travis CI–
Pci
Semaphore CI✓
Travis CI–
Soc2
Semaphore CI✓
Travis CI–
Reliability
Status page
Semaphore CI✓
Travis CI–
Market
Availability
Semaphore CI–
Travis CIAvailable worldwide · HQ DE

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Semaphore CI

Semaphore is a metered-pricing CI/CD platform offering cloud, hybrid, and self-hosted deployment options. Separates compute costs from support services, with transparent per-minute pricing starting at $0.0025/min for self-hosted.

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.

Semaphore CI

HybridFree tier

Free Community Edition (self-hosted, open source). Paid Semaphore Cloud and Enterprise Edition available.

  • Community EditionFree
  • Semaphore Cloud-
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
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
Semaphore CI✓
Travis CI✓
CLI
Semaphore CI✓
Travis CI✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Semaphore CI✓
Travis CI✓
Self-hosted
Semaphore CI✓
Travis CI✓
On-premise
Semaphore CI✗
Travis CI✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Semaphore CI

2 total - 1 not shared
  • Flowdock
Independently observed

Travis CI

11 total - 10 not shared
  • 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.