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Appveyor vs Shippable: What are the differences?

Appveyor: 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; Shippable: Shippable is a SaaS platform that lets you easily add Continuous Integration/Deployment to your Github & Bitbucket repos. Shippable is a SaaS platform that lets you easily add Continuous Integration/Deployment to your Github and BitBucket repositories. It is lightweight, super simple to setup, and runs your builds and tests faster than any other service.

Appveyor and Shippable 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, Shippable provides the following key features:

  • 1-Click Setup
  • Docker Containers
  • Responsive UI

"Github integration" is the primary reason why developers consider Appveyor over the competitors, whereas "Free private repositories" was stated as the key factor in picking Shippable.

Trustpilot, Snipcart, and Exceptionless are some of the popular companies that use Appveyor, whereas Shippable is used by esa, Reviewable, and Algorithmia. Appveyor has a broader approval, being mentioned in 19 company stacks & 16 developers stacks; compared to Shippable, which is listed in 24 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.

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Pros of Appveyor
Pros of Shippable
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    Github integration
  • 18
    Simple, reliable & powerful
  • 12
    Hosted
  • 11
    YML-based configuration
  • 10
    Nuget support
  • 6
    Windows support
  • 4
    Free for open source
  • 4
    Automatic deployment
  • 3
    Great product, responsive people, free for open-source
  • 2
    Easy PowerShell support
  • 2
    Easy handling of secret keys
  • 1
    Remote Desktop into Build Worker
  • 1
    Advanced build workers available
  • 18
    Free private repositories
  • 16
    Built on docker
  • 14
    Continuous deployment
  • 13
    Bitbucket integration
  • 12
    Fastest continuous integration and deployment
  • 11
    Team permissions
  • 9
    Flexible Configuration
  • 8
    Matrix builds
  • 8
    Finer GitHub Scope
  • 6
    Intelligent Notifications
  • 4
    Awesome experience
  • 4
    Easy Setup
  • 3
    Fast
  • 1
    Custom docker containers
  • 1
    2x faster than other CI/CD platforms

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Cons of Appveyor
Cons of Shippable
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    Complex user interface
  • 1
    Poor documentation
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    What is Appveyor?

    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.

    What is Shippable?

    Shippable is a SaaS platform that lets you easily add Continuous Integration/Deployment to your Github and BitBucket repositories. It is lightweight, super simple to setup, and runs your builds and tests faster than any other service.

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    What are some alternatives to Appveyor and Shippable?
    TeamCity
    TeamCity is a user-friendly continuous integration (CI) server for professional developers, build engineers, and DevOps. It is trivial to setup and absolutely free for small teams and open source projects.
    Jenkins
    In a nutshell Jenkins CI is the leading open-source continuous integration server. Built with Java, it provides over 300 plugins to support building and testing virtually any project.
    CircleCI
    Continuous integration and delivery platform helps software teams rapidly release code with confidence by automating the build, test, and deploy process. Offers a modern software development platform that lets teams ramp.
    Azure DevOps
    Azure DevOps provides unlimited private Git hosting, cloud build for continuous integration, agile planning, and release management for continuous delivery to the cloud and on-premises. Includes broad IDE support.
    GitLab
    GitLab offers git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis. Enterprises install GitLab on-premise and connect it with LDAP and Active Directory servers for secure authentication and authorization. A single GitLab server can handle more than 25,000 users but it is also possible to create a high availability setup with multiple active servers.
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