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At a Glance
Buddy
Buddy
Star Rating
(206)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (83.1% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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CircleCI
CircleCI
Star Rating
(502)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (45.4% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that CircleCI excels in its Automation capabilities, scoring 8.9, while Buddy shines even brighter with a score of 9.5, indicating a more robust automation feature set that users find easier to implement.
  • Reviewers mention that CircleCI's Integration options are solid with a score of 8.5, but Buddy outperforms with a score of 9.5, highlighting its extensive range of integrations that users appreciate for streamlining their workflows.
  • G2 users indicate that CircleCI's Deployment-Ready Staging feature is effective, scoring 8.7, but Buddy's superior score of 9.6 suggests a more user-friendly and efficient staging process that reviewers find beneficial for their development cycles.
  • Users on G2 report that CircleCI's Test Customization is decent with a score of 8.2, while Buddy's score of 9.2 reflects a more flexible and customizable testing environment that users find enhances their testing strategies.
  • Reviewers mention that CircleCI's Configuration Management is reliable with a score of 8.8, but Buddy's higher score of 9.4 indicates a more intuitive configuration process that users find easier to navigate and manage.
  • Users say that while CircleCI provides good Workflow Visualization with a score of 8.9, Buddy's score of 9.5 suggests a more comprehensive and visually appealing workflow management tool that users find enhances their overall project visibility.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Buddy
Free
Free
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CircleCI
FREE
$0.00
Per Month
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Free Trial
Buddy
Free Trial is available
CircleCI
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.4
154
8.8
440
Ease of Use
9.5
154
8.5
442
Ease of Setup
9.3
78
8.4
165
Ease of Admin
9.2
73
8.3
163
Quality of Support
8.9
112
8.2
318
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
60
8.6
134
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
146
7.9
437
Features by Category
9.3
275
8.3
318
Functionality
9.6
48
8.7
52
9.5
48
8.5
57
9.2
44
8.0
49
Management
9.5
46
8.4
58
8.6
42
7.7
45
9.6
47
8.6
57
9.5
176
8.8
182
Management
9.4
21
8.8
18
9.4
18
8.9
19
9.5
19
8.6
18
Functionality
9.5
21
8.9
22
9.5
19
8.9
22
9.4
18
8.8
19
Processes
9.4
21
8.8
22
9.5
19
8.9
21
9.6
20
9.0
21
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9.2
239
8.4
406
Functionality
9.3
43
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8.6
75
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8.9
41
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8.3
61
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9.2
37
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8.2
65
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Management
9.4
41
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8.8
70
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9.5
40
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8.6
75
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8.7
37
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7.7
60
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Buddy
Buddy
CircleCI
CircleCI
Buddy and CircleCI are categorized as Continuous Integration, DevOps Platforms, and Continuous Delivery
Unique Categories
Buddy
Buddy is categorized as Version Control Hosting
CircleCI
CircleCI is categorized as Build Automation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Buddy
Buddy
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
83.1%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
13.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
3.5%
CircleCI
CircleCI
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
45.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
42.6%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
12.0%
Reviewers' Industry
Buddy
Buddy
Computer Software
35.1%
Information Technology and Services
9.9%
Program Development
6.9%
Marketing and Advertising
6.9%
Internet
5.4%
Other
35.6%
CircleCI
CircleCI
Computer Software
26.5%
Information Technology and Services
17.3%
Internet
10.2%
Financial Services
4.5%
Marketing and Advertising
3.3%
Other
38.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
Buddy
Buddy
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Computer Software

- Ease of setup. - Fast and effective support. - Large customizability. - Minimal changes were required past the initial setup.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Hari S.
HS
Hari S.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Limited Open Source support (only 5 repos) so I have decommissioned this on most of my GitHub repos now in favour of other CI systems like GitHub Actions, Travis CI and Azure DevOps which are my top 3 (in that order, I still use a lot of other CI systems...

CircleCI
CircleCI
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Abhas B.
AB
Abhas B.
Verified User in Computer Software

Things that I like arranged sorted by usefulness - 1. * Debug via SSH * - This is pretty much the best feature it has, where you can actively debug your builds when there is a error instead of just failing. As the tests are run on their containers, it...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Kok How T.
KT
Kok How T.
Verified User in Computer Software

Occasional connectivity issues, nonsense 137 OOM and infrastructure failure which result in build failures with no part on our end. That costs us credits. 137 OOM error happens from time to time to our Node.JS application when their dashboard resources show...

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Discussions
Buddy
Buddy Discussions
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Buddy has no discussions with answers
CircleCI
CircleCI Discussions
How do I get started?
1 comment
Official Response from CircleCI
Linux plans start with the ability to run one build simultaneously without parallelism at no charge. Open source projects get 3 additional free containers,...Read more
What is concurrency? What is parallelism?
1 comment
Official Response from CircleCI
Concurrency refers to utilizing multiple containers to run multiple builds at the same time. Otherwise, if you don't have enough free containers available,...Read more
How do containers work?
1 comment
Official Response from CircleCI
Every time you push to your VCS system, we checkout your code and run your build inside of a fresh, on-demand, and isolated Linux container pre-loaded with...Read more