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Appveyor vs Drone.io: What are the differences?
What is 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.
What is Drone.io? Open source continuous integration platform built on Docker. Drone is a hosted continuous integration service. It enables you to conveniently set up projects to automatically build, test, and deploy as you make changes to your code Drone integrates seamlessly with Github, Bitbucket and Google Code as well as third party services such as Heroku, Dotcloud, Google AppEngine and more..
Appveyor and Drone.io 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, Drone.io provides the following key features:
- Free for open-source
- GitHub, BitBucket integration
- Browser testing
"Github integration" is the primary reason why developers consider Appveyor over the competitors, whereas "Open source" was stated as the key factor in picking Drone.io.
Packet, Geocodio, and Clay.io are some of the popular companies that use Drone.io, whereas Appveyor is used by Trustpilot, Snipcart, and Exceptionless. Drone.io has a broader approval, being mentioned in 47 company stacks & 20 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 Drone.io
- Open source51
- Built on docker50
- Free for open source27
- GitHub integration23
- Easy Setup18
- Hosted internally17
- Flexible scripting17
- Bitbucket integration10
- GitLab integration7
- Works with Heroku7
- Gogs integration6
- Browser testing4
- Works with Google AppEngine4
- Active Community4
- Works with Amazon3
- Works with Cloud Foundry2
- Gitea Integration2
- Configuration as code1
- Eazy to use1
- Easy tool to automate CI pipeline. Running in an hour1
- Easy pipelines1
- Only need yml config1
- Written in Go1
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Cons of Appveyor
- Complex user interface1
- Poor documentation1
Cons of Drone.io
- Very basic documentation3