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Appveyor vs Codeship: What are the differences?
Developers describe Appveyor as "Continuous Integration and Deployment service for busy Windows developers". AppVeyor aims to give powerful Continuous Integration and Deployment tools to every .NET developer without the hassle of setting up and maintaining their own build server. On the other hand, Codeship is detailed as "A Continuous Integration Platform in the cloud". Codeship runs your automated tests and configured deployment when you push to your repository. It takes care of managing and scaling the infrastructure so that you are able to test and release more frequently and get faster feedback for building the product your users need.
Appveyor and Codeship belong to "Continuous Integration" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by Appveyor are:
- Scriptless, repetitive, one-click deployment of build artifacts to multiple environments
- YAML configuration
- Backed by Windows Azure platform
On the other hand, Codeship provides the following key features:
- Run you automated tests | Easily set up Codeship with Github or Bitbucket and trigger your automated tests with a simple push to your repository.
- 100 builds & 5 private projects free per month.
- Free for OSS.
"Github integration" is the primary reason why developers consider Appveyor over the competitors, whereas "Simple deployments" was stated as the key factor in picking Codeship.
According to the StackShare community, Codeship has a broader approval, being mentioned in 278 company stacks & 82 developers stacks; compared to Appveyor, which is listed in 19 company stacks and 16 developer stacks.
Pros of Appveyor
- Github integration20
- Simple, reliable & powerful18
- Hosted12
- YML-based configuration11
- Nuget support10
- Windows support6
- Free for open source4
- Automatic deployment4
- Great product, responsive people, free for open-source3
- Easy PowerShell support2
- Easy handling of secret keys2
- Remote Desktop into Build Worker1
- Advanced build workers available1
Pros of Codeship
- Simple deployments215
- Easy setup179
- Github integration159
- Continuous deployment147
- Bitbucket integration110
- Easy ui97
- Slack integration84
- Fast builds66
- Great ui61
- Great customer support61
- SSH debug access28
- Free plan for 5 private repositories27
- Easy to get started27
- Competitively priced23
- Notifications20
- Hipchat, Campfire integrations20
- Awesome UI16
- Fast15
- Great documentation14
- Great experience13
- Free for open source12
- Great Tutorials10
- GitLab integration4
- Free4
- Easy to use, above all and its free for basic use4
- Easy for CI first timers3
- BitBucket Support3
- Very easy to get started3
- Build private Github repos on the free plan3
- Awesome3
- Super easy setup, works great with py.test/tox2
- Openshift integration2
- Great support, even on free tier2
- AppEngine integration2
- Easy debugging with ssh2
- Integrates with other free software2
- Superfast team work integration2
- Grepping Codeship = 1 day. Grepping Bamboo = 1 month2
- Easy to set up, very nice GitHub integration2
- Up and running in few minutes, and above all UI2
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Cons of Appveyor
- Complex user interface1
- Poor documentation1
Cons of Codeship
- Ui could use some polishing3
- Antiquated ui0
- Difficult to answer build questions0
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