# Semaphore CI vs Travis CI

| Attribute | Semaphore CI | Travis CI |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 68.3 (62% (medium)) | 73 (19% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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 | `{"hosting":"both","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 | 2 | 11 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Flowdock"}]` | `[{"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":"DE","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community Edition","description":"Free and open source under Apache 2.0 license for self-hosted deployment"},{"name":"Semaphore Cloud","description":"Hosted version with free and paid plans"},{"name":"Enterprise Edition","description":"Enhanced version with extra features for larger organizations, commercial license","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free Community Edition (self-hosted, open source). Paid Semaphore Cloud and Enterprise Edition available.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://semaphore.io/blog/2013/03/07/semaphore-pricing-update-with-higher-plans.html","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T20:44:47.174Z"}` | `{"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 | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (CI/CD Tools)

| Capability | Semaphore CI | 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 2026-09-01T16:34:07.316Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*