Introduction:\nCircleCI, Jenkins, and Travis CI are continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platforms that are widely used in software development. While they have similar functionalities, there are key differences that set them apart.\n\n

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  1. Deployment and Scalability: CircleCI provides a managed service that scales automatically, making it easier to deploy and manage your infrastructure. Jenkins, on the other hand, requires manual setup and configuration of servers, which can be time-consuming and less scalable. Travis CI also offers a cloud-based service, but it has limitations on concurrent jobs and doesn't scale as seamlessly as CircleCI.\n

  2. Ease of Configuration: CircleCI offers an intuitive and user-friendly configuration file called .circleci/config.yml that uses YAML syntax, making it easy to define your CI/CD pipeline. Jenkins, on the other hand, requires more technical expertise to configure and manage as it relies on a web interface and XML-based configuration files. Travis CI also uses a YAML configuration file, but it has a simpler structure compared to CircleCI.\n

  3. Extensibility and Integration: Jenkins has been around for a long time and has a vast number of plugins available, making it highly extensible and customizable. It can be integrated with almost any tool or service, providing great flexibility. CircleCI offers a good selection of integrations and plugins but may not have as extensive a range as Jenkins. Travis CI provides a decent number of integrations, but it might not have the same level of customization as Jenkins.\n

  4. Pricing: CircleCI has a tiered pricing model that offers free and paid plans depending on your needs, with additional costs for additional resources or concurrency. Jenkins is an open-source platform, so it is free to use, but you need to consider the costs of infrastructure and maintenance. Travis CI also offers free plans but has certain limitations and offers paid plans with more features.\n

  5. Community and Support: Jenkins has a large and active community with extensive online documentation, tutorials, and support forums. It has been widely adopted and has a strong ecosystem around it. CircleCI and Travis CI also have active communities, but they might not be as extensive as Jenkins. However, CircleCI and Travis CI provide good documentation and support options for their users.\n

  6. User Interface: CircleCI offers a clean and modern web-based user interface with a great user experience. It provides a user-friendly dashboard for managing builds, workflows, and configurations. Jenkins has a more traditional web interface that may feel outdated for some users. Travis CI also has a web-based user interface, which is fairly intuitive but not as feature-rich as CircleCI.\n\n\n

    In Summary, CircleCI offers easier deployment and scalability, with an intuitive configuration file, while Jenkins is highly extensible and customizable with a large community. Travis CI falls somewhere in between, offering simplicity and decent integrations. The choice among them depends on your specific requirements and preferences.\n","content2":"","topContent":"","bottomContent":"","packageStackup":false,"screenshotImageUrl":null,"function":"Continuous Integration","path":"/stackups/circleci-vs-jenkins-vs-travis-ci","title":"CircleCI vs Jenkins vs Travis CI","seoUpdatedAt":null,"cachedStackDecisionsGetAdvice":{"type":"json","json":{"count":5,"edges":[{"node":{"id":"104029123508798710","user":{"id":"103463298864281145","title":"","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/337191/default_f874748b533fe77de94152c7cae82bc178df2d7e.png","thumbUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/337191/thumb_f874748b533fe77de94152c7cae82bc178df2d7e.png","username":"balaramesht408","__typename":"User","companyName":"","displayName":"Balaramesh Thiyagaraj"},"stack":null,"topics":[],"answers":{"count":1,"edges":[{"node":{"id":"104056350646912039","link":null,"user":{"id":"104016070157932212","path":"/shaileshs212","title":null,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/523343/default_a40cbdb7f269223648a3cce6019e2ef1f1dcca74.jpg","username":"shaileshs212","__typename":"User","companyName":null,"displayName":"shailesh shah"},"draft":false,"topics":[],"company":null,"flagged":false,"private":false,"toTools":[],"upvoted":false,"publicId":"104056350646912039","services":[],"createdAt":"2020-04-25T00:18:25Z","fromTools":[],"viewCount":499948,"__typename":"StackDecision","bookmarked":false,"rawContent":"If your source code is on GitHub, also take a look at Github actions. https://github.com/features/actions","htmlContent":"

    If your source code is on GitHub, also take a look at Github actions. https://github.com/features/actions","permissions":{"edit":false,"delete":false,"__typename":"Permissions"},"publishedAt":"2020-04-25T00:18:25Z","decisionType":"giveAdvice","rootComments":[],"subjectTools":[{"id":"101231773410696721","fans":283562,"name":"GitHub","path":"/github","slug":"github","title":"Powerful collaboration, review, and code management for open source and private development projects","votes":10341,"stacks":285817,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/27/default_869c34d29acc794d60ecdd5d2b5bfc042a80a4ec.jpg","verified":true,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/github","followContext":null}],"upvotesCount":2,"commentsCount":0},"__typename":"StackDecisionEdge"}],"pageInfo":{"endCursor":"MQ","__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false},"__typename":"StackDecisionConnection"},"company":null,"private":false,"toTools":[],"publicId":"104029123508798710","services":[{"name":"Jenkins","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/670/jenkins.png","thumbUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/670/thumb_jenkins.png","__typename":"Tool"},{"name":".NET","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/1014/IoPy1dce_400x400.png","thumbUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/1014/thumb_IoPy1dce_400x400.png","__typename":"Tool"},{"name":"Azure Pipelines","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/10164/528389819366_e7a0672f0480b3e98d21_512.png","thumbUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/10164/thumb_528389819366_e7a0672f0480b3e98d21_512.png","__typename":"Tool"}],"fromTools":[],"viewCount":634979,"__typename":"StackDecision","htmlContent":"

    We are currently using Azure Pipelines for continous integration. Our applications are developed witn .NET framework. But when we look at the online Jenkins is the most widely used tool for continous integration. Can you please give me the advice which one is best to use for my case Azure pipeline or jenkins.","publishedAt":"2020-04-20T04:54:11Z","decisionType":"getAdvice","subjectTools":[{"id":"101385324606894035","fans":747,"name":"Azure Pipelines","path":"/azure-pipelines","slug":"azure-pipelines","title":"Continuously build, test, and deploy to any platform and cloud","votes":14,"stacks":1204,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/10164/528389819366_e7a0672f0480b3e98d21_512.png","verified":false,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/azure-pipelines","followContext":null},{"id":"101231773703650742","fans":58553,"name":"Jenkins","path":"/jenkins","slug":"jenkins","title":"An extendable open source continuous integration server","votes":2219,"stacks":58368,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/670/jenkins.png","verified":false,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/jenkins","followContext":null}],"upvotesCount":7},"__typename":"StackDecisionEdge"},{"node":{"id":"104014458903143701","user":{"id":"103496647331871248","title":"Chief Technology Officer","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/349111/default_9510dcaac03d4768ef5e3c7ec17258e5058cedaf.png","thumbUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/349111/thumb_9510dcaac03d4768ef5e3c7ec17258e5058cedaf.png","username":"mhamri","__typename":"User","companyName":"Planally","displayName":"Mohammad Hossein Amri"},"stack":null,"topics":[],"answers":{"count":1,"edges":[{"node":{"id":"104053061776660538","link":null,"user":{"id":"104033722269384645","path":"/cse14bcs10657047","title":"Software Developer","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/530458/default_e175bccaa7a7704517171fed0e68d892cd475d56.jpg","username":"cse14bcs10657047","__typename":"User","companyName":"CloudCover","displayName":"Ankit Malik"},"draft":false,"topics":[],"company":null,"flagged":false,"private":false,"toTools":[],"upvoted":false,"publicId":"104053061776660538","services":[],"createdAt":"2020-04-24T10:22:00Z","fromTools":[],"viewCount":507028,"__typename":"StackDecision","bookmarked":false,"rawContent":"Google cloud build can help you. \nIt is hosted on cloud and also provide reasonable free quota.\n","htmlContent":"

    Google cloud build can help you. \nIt is hosted on cloud and also provide reasonable free quota.","permissions":{"edit":false,"delete":false,"__typename":"Permissions"},"publishedAt":"2020-04-24T10:22:00Z","decisionType":"giveAdvice","rootComments":[],"subjectTools":[{"id":"101231778086278044","fans":320,"name":"Google Cloud Build","path":"/google-cloud-build","slug":"google-cloud-build","title":"Continuously build, test, and deploy.","votes":4,"stacks":492,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/9309/PoHJY3K8_400x400.jpg","verified":true,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/google-cloud-build","followContext":null}],"upvotesCount":1,"commentsCount":0},"__typename":"StackDecisionEdge"}],"pageInfo":{"endCursor":"MQ","__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false},"__typename":"StackDecisionConnection"},"company":null,"private":false,"toTools":[],"publicId":"104014458903143701","services":[{"name":"Docker","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/586/n4u37v9t_400x400.png","thumbUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/586/thumb_n4u37v9t_400x400.png","__typename":"Tool"}],"fromTools":[],"viewCount":524257,"__typename":"StackDecision","htmlContent":"

    I'm open to anything. just want something that break less and doesn't need me to pay for it, and can be hosted on Docker. our scripting language is powershell core. so it's better to support it. also we are building dotnet core in our pipeline, so if they have anything related that helps with the CI would be nice.","publishedAt":"2020-04-17T14:44:47Z","decisionType":"getAdvice","subjectTools":[{"id":"101231774386883602","fans":397,"name":"GoCD","path":"/go-cd","slug":"go-cd","title":"Open source continuous delivery tool allows for advanced workflow modeling and dependencies management.","votes":207,"stacks":208,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/2349/Z5QiBr7k_400x400.jpg","verified":true,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/go-cd","followContext":null},{"id":"101231773703650742","fans":58553,"name":"Jenkins","path":"/jenkins","slug":"jenkins","title":"An extendable open source continuous integration server","votes":2219,"stacks":58368,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/670/jenkins.png","verified":false,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/jenkins","followContext":null}],"upvotesCount":3},"__typename":"StackDecisionEdge"},{"node":{"id":"103554654284745361","user":{"id":"103532804794342269","title":null,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/358160/default_f778befaffdf7d35f1e00049b1cfff587459c670.jpg","thumbUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/358160/thumb_f778befaffdf7d35f1e00049b1cfff587459c670.jpg","username":"veerakumar1839820","__typename":"User","companyName":null,"displayName":"veera kumar"},"stack":null,"topics":[],"answers":{"count":1,"edges":[{"node":{"id":"105117258411147644","link":null,"user":{"id":"105117200091419568","path":"/hiroshui","title":"Cloud Engineer","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/778013/default_615d2ce853e5d6523bd7e962bb0c0d1635f70bdb.png","username":"hiroshui","__typename":"User","companyName":"fme AG","displayName":"Maxi Krone"},"draft":false,"topics":[],"company":null,"flagged":false,"private":false,"toTools":[],"upvoted":false,"publicId":"105117258411147644","services":[],"createdAt":"2020-10-29T09:01:12Z","fromTools":[],"viewCount":426261,"__typename":"StackDecision","bookmarked":false,"rawContent":"I would definetly recommend Concourse to you, as it is one of the most advanced modern methods of making CI/CD while Jenkins is an old monolithic dinosaur. Concourse itself is cloudnative and containerbased which helps you to build simple, high-performance and scalable CI/CD pipelines. \nIn my opinion, the only lack of skills you have with Concourse is your own knowledge of how to build pipelines and automate things. Technincally there is no lack, i would even say you can extend it way more easily. But as a Con it is more easy to interact with Jenkins if you are only used to UIs. Concourse needs someone which is capable of using CLIs.","htmlContent":"

    I would definetly recommend Concourse to you, as it is one of the most advanced modern methods of making CI/CD while Jenkins is an old monolithic dinosaur. Concourse itself is cloudnative and containerbased which helps you to build simple, high-performance and scalable CI/CD pipelines. \nIn my opinion, the only lack of skills you have with Concourse is your own knowledge of how to build pipelines and automate things. Technincally there is no lack, i would even say you can extend it way more easily. But as a Con it is more easy to interact with Jenkins if you are only used to UIs. Concourse needs someone which is capable of using CLIs.","permissions":{"edit":false,"delete":false,"__typename":"Permissions"},"publishedAt":"2020-10-29T09:01:12Z","decisionType":"giveAdvice","rootComments":[],"subjectTools":[{"id":"101231775827426513","fans":464,"name":"Concourse","path":"/concourse","slug":"concourse","title":"Pipeline-based CI system written in Go","votes":54,"stacks":262,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/4949/jnsjSQcw_400x400.jpg","verified":false,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/concourse","followContext":null}],"upvotesCount":2,"commentsCount":0},"__typename":"StackDecisionEdge"}],"pageInfo":{"endCursor":"MQ","__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false},"__typename":"StackDecisionConnection"},"company":null,"private":false,"toTools":[],"publicId":"103554654284745361","services":[],"fromTools":[],"viewCount":499118,"__typename":"StackDecision","htmlContent":"

    I'm planning to setup complete CD-CD setup for spark and python application which we are going to deploy in aws lambda and EMR Cluster. Which tool would be best one to choose. Since my company is trying to adopt to concourse i would like to understand what are the lack of capabilities concourse have .\nThanks in advance !","publishedAt":"2020-01-27T09:50:26Z","decisionType":"getAdvice","subjectTools":[{"id":"101231775827426513","fans":464,"name":"Concourse","path":"/concourse","slug":"concourse","title":"Pipeline-based CI system written in Go","votes":54,"stacks":262,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/4949/jnsjSQcw_400x400.jpg","verified":false,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/concourse","followContext":null},{"id":"101231773703650742","fans":58553,"name":"Jenkins","path":"/jenkins","slug":"jenkins","title":"An extendable open source continuous integration server","votes":2219,"stacks":58368,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/670/jenkins.png","verified":false,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/jenkins","followContext":null}],"upvotesCount":1},"__typename":"StackDecisionEdge"},{"node":{"id":"103476895397285813","user":{"id":"103476800228212753","title":null,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/340565/default_d0f3eaae19f27eb672995f2e49531cf1b17ae199.jpg","thumbUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/340565/thumb_d0f3eaae19f27eb672995f2e49531cf1b17ae199.jpg","username":"sxakoustos648","__typename":"User","companyName":null,"displayName":"Stratos Xakoustos"},"stack":null,"topics":[],"answers":{"count":3,"edges":[{"node":{"id":"103519271174209174","link":null,"user":{"id":"101231989792638573","path":"/glenngillen","title":"","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/1281/default_d46d2843ab155379d8905d53c321e08dab275db2.jpeg","username":"glenngillen","__typename":"User","companyName":"Glenn Gillen","displayName":"Glenn Gillen"},"draft":false,"topics":[],"company":null,"flagged":false,"private":false,"toTools":[],"upvoted":false,"publicId":"103519271174209174","services":[],"createdAt":"2020-01-21T03:52:02Z","fromTools":[],"viewCount":172684,"__typename":"StackDecision","bookmarked":false,"rawContent":"I think I've tried most of the CI tools out there at some point. It took me a while to get around to Buildkite because at first I didn't see much point given it seemed like you had to run the agent yourself. Eventually it dawned on me why this approach was more ingenious than I realised:\n\nRunning my app in a production (or production-like) environment was already a solved problem, because everything was already in some form of \"everything as code\". Having a test environment where the only difference was adding the Buildkite agent was a trivial addition.\n\nIt means that dev/test/prod parity is simple to achieve and maintain. It's also proven to be much easier to support than trying to deal with the problems that come with trying to force an app to fit into the nuances and constraints that are imposed by the containers/runtime of a CI service. When you completely control all of the environment the tests are running in you define those constraints too. It's been a great balance between a managed service and the flexibility of running it yourself.\n\nAnd while none of my needs have hit the scale of Shopify (I saw one of their engineers speak about it at a conference once, I can't find the video now though 😞) it's good to know I can scale out my worker nodes to hundreds of thousands of workers to reduce the time it takes for my tests to run.","htmlContent":"

    I think I've tried most of the CI tools out there at some point. It took me a while to get around to Buildkite because at first I didn't see much point given it seemed like you had to run the agent yourself. Eventually it dawned on me why this approach was more ingenious than I realised:\n\n

    Running my app in a production (or production-like) environment was already a solved problem, because everything was already in some form of \"everything as code\". Having a test environment where the only difference was adding the Buildkite agent was a trivial addition.\n\n

    It means that dev/test/prod parity is simple to achieve and maintain. It's also proven to be much easier to support than trying to deal with the problems that come with trying to force an app to fit into the nuances and constraints that are imposed by the containers/runtime of a CI service. When you completely control all of the environment the tests are running in you define those constraints too. It's been a great balance between a managed service and the flexibility of running it yourself.\n\n

    And while none of my needs have hit the scale of Shopify (I saw one of their engineers speak about it at a conference once, I can't find the video now though 😞) it's good to know I can scale out my worker nodes to hundreds of thousands of workers to reduce the time it takes for my tests to run.","permissions":{"edit":false,"delete":false,"__typename":"Permissions"},"publishedAt":"2020-01-21T03:52:02Z","decisionType":"giveAdvice","rootComments":[{"id":"103522048396461041","user":{"id":"103476800228212753","path":"/sxakoustos648","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/340565/default_d0f3eaae19f27eb672995f2e49531cf1b17ae199.jpg","__typename":"User","displayName":"Stratos Xakoustos"},"content":"WOW, Buildkite looks great! I'll throw that into consideration, thanks.","flagged":false,"replies":[],"upvoted":false,"parentId":null,"postedAt":"2020-01-21T15:38:19Z","__typename":"Comment","upvotesCount":1}],"subjectTools":[{"id":"101231773665355731","fans":280,"name":"Buildkite","path":"/buildkite","slug":"buildkite","title":"Fast, secure and scalable CI/CD for all your software projects","votes":115,"stacks":212,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/577/default_2d19e0c5c214c1ba5cd484c8463d7dfe88eb2328.png","verified":true,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/buildkite","followContext":null}],"upvotesCount":5,"commentsCount":1},"__typename":"StackDecisionEdge"},{"node":{"id":"104366713178886477","link":null,"user":{"id":"104366569448368716","path":"/ronenl1505","title":"","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/634357/default_441a8f28661f0ff52e0eed6fd3da4cdfb04e6186.jpg","username":"ronenl1505","__typename":"User","companyName":"JFrog","displayName":"Ronen Lewit"},"draft":false,"topics":[],"company":null,"flagged":false,"private":false,"toTools":[],"upvoted":false,"publicId":"104366713178886477","services":[],"createdAt":"2020-06-18T19:47:41Z","fromTools":[],"viewCount":172704,"__typename":"StackDecision","bookmarked":false,"rawContent":"I would recommend you to consider the JFrog Platform that includes JFrog Pipelines - it will allow you to manage the full artifact life cycle for your sbt, docker and other technologies, and automate all of your CI and CD using cloud native declarative yaml pipelines. Will integrate smoothly with all your other toolset.","htmlContent":"

    I would recommend you to consider the JFrog Platform that includes JFrog Pipelines - it will allow you to manage the full artifact life cycle for your sbt, docker and other technologies, and automate all of your CI and CD using cloud native declarative yaml pipelines. Will integrate smoothly with all your other toolset.","permissions":{"edit":false,"delete":false,"__typename":"Permissions"},"publishedAt":"2020-06-18T19:47:41Z","decisionType":"giveAdvice","rootComments":[],"subjectTools":[{"id":"101231776033089429","fans":145,"name":"jFrog","path":"/jfrog","slug":"jfrog","title":"Universal Artifact Management","votes":0,"stacks":127,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/5287/86ulJdF0_400x400.jpg","verified":true,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/jfrog","followContext":null}],"upvotesCount":4,"commentsCount":0},"__typename":"StackDecisionEdge"},{"node":{"id":"103519171531941463","link":null,"user":{"id":"101232132235042642","path":"/tuanpembual","title":"DevOps Consultant","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/275911/default_49727c6368f939da94bce201e6c90defc92b5e99.jpeg","username":"tuanpembual","__typename":"User","companyName":"","displayName":"Estu Fardani"},"draft":false,"topics":[],"company":null,"flagged":false,"private":false,"toTools":[],"upvoted":false,"publicId":"103519171531941463","services":[],"createdAt":"2020-01-21T03:26:42Z","fromTools":[],"viewCount":172230,"__typename":"StackDecision","bookmarked":false,"rawContent":"more configurable to setup ci/cd:\n* It can provide caching when build sbt, just add this section to yml file\n* Easy to use, many documentation\n\nWeakness:\n* Need use gitlab as repository to bring more powerful configuration","htmlContent":"

    more configurable to setup ci/cd:\n* It can provide caching when build sbt, just add this section to yml file\n* Easy to use, many documentation\n\n

    Weakness:\n* Need use gitlab as repository to bring more powerful configuration","permissions":{"edit":false,"delete":false,"__typename":"Permissions"},"publishedAt":"2020-01-21T03:26:42Z","decisionType":"giveAdvice","rootComments":[{"id":"103521993743946230","user":{"id":"103476800228212753","path":"/sxakoustos648","imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/user/340565/default_d0f3eaae19f27eb672995f2e49531cf1b17ae199.jpg","__typename":"User","displayName":"Stratos Xakoustos"},"content":"Yeah, that weakness kinda made the GitLab idea DOA. I wish they unbundled at some point because I really enjoyed using it for my POC","flagged":false,"replies":[],"upvoted":false,"parentId":null,"postedAt":"2020-01-21T15:24:25Z","__typename":"Comment","upvotesCount":0}],"subjectTools":[{"id":"101231776189486570","fans":2279,"name":"GitLab CI","path":"/gitlab-ci","slug":"gitlab-ci","title":"GitLab integrated CI to test, build and deploy your code","votes":75,"stacks":2299,"imageUrl":"https://img.stackshare.io/service/5545/9pAwHBR0.jpg","verified":true,"following":false,"__typename":"Tool","canonicalUrl":"/gitlab-ci","followContext":null}],"upvotesCount":2,"commentsCount":1},"__typename":"StackDecisionEdge"}],"pageInfo":{"endCursor":"Mw","__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false},"__typename":"StackDecisionConnection"},"company":null,"private":false,"toTools":[],"publicId":"103476895397285813","services":[],"fromTools":[],"viewCount":172634,"__typename":"StackDecision","htmlContent":"

    We are a mid-size startup running Scala apps. Moving from Jenkins/EC2 to Spinnaker/EKS and looking for a tool to cover our CI/CD needs. Our code lives on GitHub, artifacts in nexus, images in ECR.\r\n\r\n

    Drone is out, GitHub actions are being considered along with Circle CI and GitLab CI.\r\n\r\n

    We primarily need:\r\n\r\n