# Apache Maven vs BuildBuddy

| Attribute | Apache Maven | BuildBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 62 (9% (low)) | 59 (42% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 39 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 122 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Open-source software that orchestrates the complete build lifecycle for Java applications, including compilation, test execution, and documentation generation based on declarative configuration. | A cloud-based platform providing remote build execution and intelligent caching for Bazel projects, enabling development teams to parallelize builds across thousands of cores and dramatically reduce overall build times. |
| integrations.count | - | 2 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://maven.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:09:30.966Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Personal","summary":"Free for individuals, open source, and teams up to 3 engineers","features":["Remote caching","Build & test results UI","API Access","Shareable build & test links","Real-time updating","Team build history","Filtering & date selection","Built-in timing profile","Test log parsing","Cache stats","Test Grid","Action explorer"],"description":"For individuals, small teams, and open source projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"linux_cores":"80","support_level":"Community","cache_transfer":"100 GB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"Pay-as-you-go for cache transfer over 100 GB","features":["Remote caching","Build & test results UI","API Access","Remote Execution","Autoscaling","Custom docker images","Docker image caching","Build without the bytes","Cross-platform builds","Globally distributed edge-cache","Shareable build & test links","Real-time updating","Team build history","Filtering & date selection","Built-in timing profile","Test log parsing","Cache stats","Test Grid","Action explorer","Invoice billing"],"description":"For small teams and startups","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"linux_cores":"800","support_level":"Email","cache_transfer":"100 GB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Remote Execution","Unlimited RBE cores","Bring your own runners","Workflows","Remote persistent workers","Dynamic scheduling","Sibling docker containers","Custom machines per-action","SSO/SAML","Isolated infrastructure","Dedicated support engineer","Shared Slack channel","99.9% uptime SLA","All features from Team plan"],"description":"Custom Bazel solutions tailored to enterprise requirements","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Mac Cores","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"core","amount":45,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free for individuals, open source projects, and teams up to 3. Pay-as-you-go for overage cache transfer. Custom enterprise pricing available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.buildbuddy.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:04:20.188Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.5 | - |

## Capabilities (Build Tools)

| Capability | Apache Maven | BuildBuddy |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Incremental builds | - | - |
| Remote caching | - | - |
| Distributed remote execution | - | - |
| Monorepo native | - | - |
| Hmr dev server | - | - |
| Tree shaking code splitting | - | - |
| Hermetic reproducible builds | - | - |
| Polyglot support | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:32:23.620Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*