# Buildkite vs Travis CI

| Attribute | Buildkite | Travis CI |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59.1 (73% (medium)) | 59.1 (19% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A CI/CD platform providing flexible pipeline orchestration, automated test optimization, and supply chain security. Supports cloud-hosted and self-managed agents with built-in test analytics, package registries, and integrations across development tools. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"caching":true,"hosting":"both","marketplace":true,"matrix_builds":true,"yaml_pipelines":true,"container_native":true,"secrets_management":true,"deploy_environments":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` | `{"caching":true,"hosting":"both","matrix_builds":true,"yaml_pipelines":true,"container_native":true,"secrets_management":true,"deploy_environments":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` |
| integrations.count | 35 | 11 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitHub Enterprise"},{"name":"Bitbucket Server"},{"name":"AWS ECR"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"AWS CloudFormation"},{"name":"AWS IAM"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"CircleCI"},{"name":"NPM"},{"name":"PyPI"},{"name":"RubyGems"},{"name":"Maven"},{"name":"Apt"},{"name":"RPM"},{"name":"Helm"},{"name":"Alpine"},{"name":"Jest"},{"name":"Mocha"},{"name":"Cypress"},{"name":"Playwright"},{"name":"Jasmine"},{"name":"Rspec"},{"name":"minitest"},{"name":"pytest"},{"name":"JUnit"},{"name":"Go"},{"name":"Rust"},{"name":".NET"},{"name":"Elixir"},{"name":"Swift"},{"name":"Android"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"DeepSource"},{"name":"Coveralls"},{"name":"Coverity Scan"},{"name":"SourceClear"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"NPM"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"AU","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"DE","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Personal","summary":"Free forever","features":["3 concurrent jobs","1 user","90-day build retention","250 managed tests","50k test executions/month","Community support"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individual developers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"1","storage_gb":"1","managed_tests":"250","concurrent_jobs":"3","build_retention_days":"90","artifact_retention_days":"30","test_executions_monthly":"50k","linux_vcpu_minutes_monthly":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$30/active user/month","features":["Unlimited concurrent jobs","Unlimited users","All Linux and Mac M4 agent sizes","Cache volumes","Git mirror volumes","SSO","Priority email support"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"active user","amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For scaling teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","storage_gb":"20","managed_tests":"unlimited","concurrent_jobs":"unlimited","build_retention_days":"365","artifact_retention_days":"90","test_executions_monthly":"unlimited","mac_vcpu_minutes_monthly":"3000","linux_vcpu_minutes_monthly":"4000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing, 30-user minimum","features":["SCIM/SAML/ADFS","Audit logs","Build exports","Pipeline templates","Premium support SLA"],"minSeats":30,"description":"For large organizations","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional agents","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"agent","amount":3.5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Managed tests (overage)","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"managed test","amount":0.1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier available. Pro from $30/user/month. Enterprise custom pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://buildkite.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:08:03.432Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Usage Based","summary":"$13.75/month or $153/year","features":["420,000 Linux build credits per year","80 concurrent jobs","Premium VMs available","35,000 credits per month included","Unlimited users (billed per user)"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":13.75,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":153,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay-as-you-go plan with included monthly credits","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"concurrent_jobs":"80","build_credits_yearly":"420,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Unlimited Plan","summary":"$66+/month or $733/year","features":["Unlimited credits for non-premium VMs","1–300 concurrent jobs","Unlimited collaborators and repositories","Unlimited storage","Premium VMs available"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":66,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":733,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Unlimited credits and collaborators with flexible concurrency scaling","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"On-Premise/Private Cloud","summary":"$34/month or $378/year","features":["On-premise or private cloud deployment","Perforce and Subversion CI/CD support","Premium support options"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":34,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":378,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Dedicated deployment for private cloud or on-premise infrastructure","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $13.75/month. Free tier for open-source projects; 100 trial builds for private repositories.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.travis-ci.com/pricing-test/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-16T21:32:42.647Z","freeTrialDays":100,"startingPrice":{"amount":13.75,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (CI/CD Tools)

| Capability | Buildkite | Travis CI |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | 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 | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:44:46.463Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*