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Comparison

Semaphore vs Travis CI

No clear leader: Semaphore (62.5) and Travis CI (59.1) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Semaphore full profile →Travis CI full profile →
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Semaphore63
Travis CI59
Score
vioscaleAI score
Semaphore63 / 100medium · 70%
Travis CI59 / 100low · 19%
Pricing
Free tier
Semaphore✓
Travis CI✓
Model
Semaphorefreemium
Travis CIfreemium
Price level
Semaphorelow
Travis CIlow
Transparent
Semaphore✗
Travis CI✓
Integrations
Count
Semaphore1
Travis CI11
Security
Iso27001
Semaphore✓
Travis CI–
Pci
Semaphore✓
Travis CI–
Soc2
Semaphore✓
Travis CI–
Reliability
Status page
Semaphore✓
Travis CI–
Market
Availability
Semaphore–
Travis CIAvailable worldwide · HQ DE
Content
Faq
Semaphore5 items
Travis CI6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Semaphore

A delivery platform that combines CI/CD capabilities with AI-driven features through a command-line interface.

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

from $0.00/moUsage-basedFree tier

Pay-per-minute metered compute: $0.0025/min (self-hosted) to $0.09/min (MacOS). Includes 20 concurrent jobs, $15/month free credits, 9.6 GB cache, and free support. Optional modular support and success services.

  • Compute - Ubuntu ARM$0.003–$0.012/min depending on vCPU
  • Compute - Ubuntu x64$0.0075–$0.015/min depending on vCPU
  • Compute - MacOS$0.09/min
  • Compute - Self-Hosted$0.0025/min
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✗
Travis CI✓
CLI
Semaphore✓
Travis CI✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Semaphore✓
Travis CI✓
Self-hosted
Semaphore✓
Travis CI✓
On-premise
Semaphore✗
Travis CI✓

Integrations

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

Semaphore

1 total
  • Flowdock
Independently observed

Travis CI

11 total
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Docker
  • DeepSource
  • Coveralls
  • Coverity Scan
  • SourceClear
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • Slack
  • NPM
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Semaphore 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.