Looking for an alternative to GitLab and CircleCI?

Frequently Asked Questions

• How fast is Buddy when compared to GitLab and CircleCI?

  It's fast, and we have numbers to prove that: the way the caching mechanism works means you can shave off up to a couple of minutes on a single build; the deployment mechanism, on the other hand, only uploads new and changed files, which means there's no need to upload the whole repository on every execution. Remove the time spent on scripting by moving pipeline configuration to the UI and you get the fastest and most user-friendly CI/CD ever made.

• What Git providers can I use?

  Buddy natively supports GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket repositories with configuration performed via OAuth and GitHub Apps. You can also attach any private repository by adding a custom webhook that will trigger the pipeline a on push to the selected branch.

• Does Buddy support microservices?

  Yes. The tool lets you attach all types of popular services and databases, such as MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Selenium. All services are available from the start in every build action. You can also orchestrate containers with docker-compose in the dedicated Docker CLI action.

• What is the tech behind builds?

  Buddy uses isolated containers with official Docker images as the template for builds. The output of builds is put into a common filesystem together with repository files and shared across all actions in the pipeline.

• What about security?

  Buddy is both PCI and SOC2 compliant, and is continuously undergoing security audits by SecurityMetrics to ensure everything is up to date with the latest security stipulations. You can read more about security measures in Buddy here.