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Travis CI vs. Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (Discontinued)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Travis CI

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/ATravis CI is an open source continuous integration platform, that enables users to run and test simultaneously on different environments, and automatically catch code failures and bugs.

    $69

    per month 1 concurrent job

    Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (Discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AVisual SourceSafe is a discontinued source control software offering, from Microsoft.N/A
    Pricing
    Travis CIMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (Discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    1 Concurrent Job Plan
    $69
    per month
    Bootstrap
    $69
    per month 1 concurrent job
    2 Concurrent Jobs Plan
    $129
    per month
    Startup
    $129
    per month 2 concurrent jobs
    5 Concurrent Jobs Plan
    $249
    per month
    Small Business
    $249
    per month 5 concurrent jobs
    Premium
    $489
    per month 10 concurrent jobs
    Platinum
    $794+
    per month starting at 15 concurrent jobs
    Free Plan
    Free
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    Pricing Offerings
    Travis CIMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (Discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.—
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    User Ratings
    Travis CIMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (8 ratings)
    1.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.8
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    4.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Travis CIMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Idera, Inc.
    TravisCI is suited for workflows involving typical software development but unfortunately I think the software needs more improvement to be up to date with current development systems and TravisCI hasn't been improving much in that space in terms of integrations.
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    I would not recommend Visual SourceSafe to anyone out there as there are so many better, more modern solutions that do what it does and much more. Visual SourceSafe should be retired in most cases.
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    Pros
    Idera, Inc.
    • It is very simple to configure a range of environment versions and settings in a simple YAML file.
    • It integrates very well with Github, Bitbucket, or a private Git repo.
    • The Travis CI portal beautifully shows you your history and console logs. Everything is presented in a very clear and intuitive interface.
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    • At this point in its lifecycle there are not many things VSS does well
    • Its main strength would be its ability to be self contained on a local drive
    • It is a basic Code repository
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    Cons
    Idera, Inc.
    • I think they could have a cheaper personal plan. I'd love to use Travis on personal projects, but I don't want to publish them nor I can pay $69 a month for personal projects that I don't want to be open source.
    • There is no interface for configuring repos on Travis CI, you have to do it via a file in the repo. This make configuration very flexible, but also makes it harder for simpler projects and for small tweaks in the configuration.
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    • The system stability could be improved. Often we get file corrupted errors.
    • The User Interface is not modern and not user-friendly.
    • Concurrent check-outs could be added, allowing more people to work on the same file at the same time.
    • Add conflict resolution, files comparison, blame file, features that any modern source control program should have.
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    Usability
    Idera, Inc.
    TravisCI hasn't had much changes made to its software and has thus fallen behind compared to many other CI/CD applications out there. I can only give it a 5 because it does what it is supposed to do but lacks product innovation.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    The current status of Visual SourceSafe is not usable. There are many things that are just so out of the date that it should be retired and not looked at any longer. If you have an existing application that is stored in it, I'd consider migrating it to a modern tool.
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    Support Rating
    Idera, Inc.
    After the private equity firm had bought this company the innovation and support has really gone downhill a lot. I am not a fan that they have gutted the software trying to make money from it and put innovation and product development second.
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    Discontinued Products
    It's a Microsoft product so the customer support is great. The program has been around a long time so there are plenty of places on line to get assistance. Also almost any development shop you go to will have at least one developer who has used this product extensively in their career.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Idera, Inc.
    Jenkins is much more complicated to configure and start using. Although, one you have done that, it's extremely powerful and full of features. Maybe many more than Travis CI. As per TeamCity, I would never go back to using it. It's also complicated to configure but it is not worth the trouble. Codeship supports integration with GitHub, GitLab and BitBucket. I've only used it briefly, but it seems to be a nice tool.
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    Discontinued Products
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    Return on Investment
    Idera, Inc.
    • It's improved my ability to deliver working code, increasing my development velocity.
    • It increases confidence that your own work (and those of external contributors) does not have any obvious bugs, provided you have sufficient test coverage.
    • It helps to ensure consistent standards across a team (you can integrate process elements like "go lint" and other style checks as part of your build).
    • It's zero-cost for public/open source projects, so the only investment is a few minutes setting up a build configuration file (hence the return is very high).
    • The .travis.yml file is a great way for onboarding new developers, since it shows how to bootstrap a build environment and run a build "from scratch".
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    Discontinued Products
    • When we started using it, it allowed us to do source code versioning and store the code in a centralized location and not locally.
    • We are using it for very few projects with few developers that still maintain those applications and do not have time to merge the source code to Git.
    Incentivized
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