Item: CircleCI
Rating: 9
Author: Austin Riendeau

Overall Satisfaction with CircleCI

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Circle CI for continuous integration and delivery. It runs all of the tests and builds before our code ever sees production. It also notifies GitHub before we merge the code. I also utilize the use of Docker which Circle CI supports fully and makes running clean builds easier.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Clean user experience
Docker support
Fast and easy
Clean documentation

Cons

Faster builds
Non-GitHub support

Return on Investment

Less bugs in production
Ensuring test coverage on code
Clean and easy builds

Alternatives Considered

Travis CI and Codeship

I think these three tools are just as good as the other except that Travis CI supports mobile a lot better but price wise, CircleCI is the best that I have found and is supports the need for a startup. For a long while, CircleCI had Docker support before Codeship but now, Codeship has support for it as well.

Other Software Used

GitHub, JIRA Software, CA Agile Central (formerly Rally)

Likelihood to Recommend

I have yet to find a good example of when not to use Circle CI unless you are building mobile applications. It is not best suited for that at this time. I think TravisCI is the best currently for iOS builds. I use it currently for Go and Node applications.

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