Travis CI vs CircleCI
The simpler alternative to Travis CI and CircleCI
Buddy expands on the features of CircleCI and Travis allowing your team to ship more software in shorter time.
10-minute configuration
Free Docker support
Supports Linux, Windows & iOS
Open-source & private repos
Travis CI vs CircleCI vs Buddy
FTP deployment
Limited / Plugin
Limited / Plugin
SFTP deployment
Limited / Plugin
Limited / Plugin
Manual deployment approval
Sandboxes (dynamic test environments)
AI coding agent actions (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI)
Limited / Plugin
Limited / Plugin
Terraform drift detection with plan approval
Limited / Plugin
Limited / Plugin
Database testing and services
Artifacts support
Multi-repo pipeline support
Dependency caching
Limited / Plugin
Docker layer caching
Paid extra
Dedicated support for Android builds and deploy
Dedicated support for iOS builds and deploy
Trusted by the world's leading engineering teams
Native integrations with your tools
Git
AI Agents
Containers & IaC
Cloud
IaaS & PaaS
Build Tools & Task Runners
Tests
Databases
Collaboration
Monitoring & Performance
Your gateway to automation
DevOps made easy
10-minute configuration
Create delivery pipelines in minutes from 100+ actions in a fully visualized pipeline editor.
Dynamic test environments
Preview websites from Git with no dedicated staging infrastructure and get feedback from your clients faster.
Over 50 integrations
Automate your workflow with a vast library of deployment, IaaS, build and monitoring services.
Cost-effective
Reduce costs
Intuitive UI/UX allows any developer to create and manage pipelines - no need to hire a full-time DevOps engineer to manage your pipelines.
Multi-platform support
Build websites in Linux-based containers, develop .NET on Windows VMs, and deliver awesome Android and iOS apps - available at no charge on all plans.
Free Docker layer caching
Docker layers are cached by default on all plans at no additional cost.
All bases covered
Certified security
Buddy is SOC2 Type 2 certified and runs on PCI-compliant AWS architecture. Plus, you can always install it on your own server.
Learn more...Open-source and private
Buddy supports both private and open-source repositories, allowing you to run business and community projects in one ecosystem.
YAML support
Create pipelines and export configuration to YAML in a couple of clicks - or code everything top to bottom yourself.
“Buddy is a relief for every developer. It's very easy to setup a pipeline for a server and there are tons of possibilities on how to build or deploy your website. We use Buddy for every website since 2020 and it saved us lots of time!”
René L
Developer
Need more proof?
- 207+ reviews
"Buddy has saved countless hours of deployment set up. It is the Zapier of DevOps - making it easy to connect together multiple services to run seamlessly together. It's the tool I wish I had 10 years ago."
Cara G
Head of Web Development
- 176+ reviews
"As we don't have a DevOps team at our company, deployments are taken care of by the team. Buddy makes it easy to create, edit and manage these deployments. I love the fact that I can create and deploy a new microservice in under 30 minutes!"
Alex L.
Senior Software Developer
- 54+ reviews
"Buddy is great, it allowed us to automate our test/build/deployment across several platforms. This is saving us a lot of man-hours every month, as well as adding sanity to our deployments."
JoniSilva
Web Developer
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the direct benefit of switching to Buddy?
In short, you get a service that:- Is fast as hell. No, seriously. Sign up and check.
- Can be used by anybody on the team regardless of experience.
- Helps you ship more software in shorter time.
- Requires no dedicated DevOps engineer.
- Supports all the newest tech, including serverless deployments, NoOps, ChatOps and Kubernetes.
- Has a support team that cares for you. ❤️
- Will serve you for years.
I prefer configuration-as-code. Does Buddy support that?
Yes. The UI is fully optional and you can stick to code configuration from the very beginning if you wish. Everything is covered in the documentation. Secondly, you can configure the pipeline in the UI and automatically export your settings to YAML to save time. Lastly, you can switch between both modes in a click, so the decision is never fixed.Does Buddy support open-source repositories?
Yes, Buddy supports both open-source and private projects. You can also enable read-only access to pipelines and executions and share it in your repository on GitHub.Does Buddy have a free plan?
Yes. The Free plan includes 1 seat, 2 concurrents, $1 of monthly usage credit for compute and storage, and 1 GB of pipeline cache. When you need more, upgrade to Pro or Team and pay only for the usage you consume. All new accounts start with a 14-day trial with $5 of usage credit and all Team features unlocked. See the pricing page for details.