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Drone.io vs Semaphore: What are the differences?
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.; Semaphore: The continuous integration and delivery platform powering the world’s best engineering teams. Semaphore is the fastest continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) platform on the market, powering the world’s best engineering teams.
Drone.io and Semaphore can be primarily classified as "Continuous Integration" tools.
Some of the features offered by Drone.io are:
- Free for open-source
- GitHub, BitBucket integration
- Browser testing
On the other hand, Semaphore provides the following key features:
- Docker, Kubernetes, iOS support & 100+ preinstalled Tools
- Customizable Continuous Delivery Pipelines
- Customizable Stages, Parallel Execution and Control Flow Switches
"Open source" is the primary reason why developers consider Drone.io over the competitors, whereas "Easy setup" was stated as the key factor in picking Semaphore.
According to the StackShare community, Drone.io has a broader approval, being mentioned in 47 company stacks & 20 developers stacks; compared to Semaphore, which is listed in 40 company stacks and 17 developer stacks.
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
Pros of Semaphore
- Easy setup20
- Fast builds15
- Free for private github repos14
- Great customer support8
- Free for open source6
- Organizations ready5
- Slack integration4
- SSH debug access2
- GitHub Integration2
- Easy to use1
- Continuous Deployment1
- Pipeline builder GUI1
- BitBucket integration1
- Docker support1
- Simple UI1
- Parallelism1
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Cons of Drone.io
- Very basic documentation3
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