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We use CircleCI as a pre-check on commits, before doing the actual code review, integrated to phabricator. As our codebase grows, running lint checkers and tests locally before opening a code review takes a long time, so we usually do not do it locally and leave it to the CI, trading our time in running automatic checks for focusing on other tasks. It also help us locate adjusts to our commits before the actual code review, the CI will indicate and error on the commit and not send it to the next step, peer review. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am not in charge of configuration and maintenance of the CI on my company, but sometimes we have problems where the automation stops working, sometimes it would run the tests we delegated to it but not make a post-test change on the commit status (would not change it to ready to review) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The web interface is simple and clear, yet extraordinarily powerful. I find I can do pretty much whatever I want in just a few clicks. Where there are issues with my pipelines, they are easy to identify, and therefore resolve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the documentation is a little bit sparse / downright unclear. CircleCI is by no means the only offender here, and they hacve excellent support to fill in any gaps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a promising CI/CD pipeline for early detection of build errors in code.

Also, it gives failed or error notifications and can be easily configurable and is very user interactive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Even a small syntax error causes the pipeline to fail.

It will be good to have a tool to verify whether the code for circle ci is syntactically correct.

Also if CircleCI could make the deployment code run faster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is really simple to use, integrate with other technologies, and has great documentation to follow.

Someone coming from the DevOps/Sysadmin role, with a little knowledge can easily connect the dots on what CircleCI offers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The docker layer cache and IP ranges seem to be a bit too expensive for usage. I'm not saying it doesn't work actually, it does, but the price is kinda expensive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Straightforward and relatively simple to configure. Very powerful extensibility. A+ documentation and community support. Great UI and command line tools. Very pleased with almost all facets of CirclCI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Billing and monthly usage are a little convoluted. Can be hard (or maybe impossible) to fully test your configuration locally. There have been a few downtime incidents in the 2 years since we've been clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the ease of use of the platform. I also like able to get ssh shell into the docker image to help troubleshoot pipelines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the documentation can be all over, lacking concrete examples that are up to date with its platform changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Insights help pinpoint and monitor slow and flaky tests, and keep build times under control. The configuration options are straightforward and well documented, giving lots of control with a quick ramp. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The charts in Insights can be confusing. Some examples are showing the last 100 builds instead of time-series makes it hard to identify when a config change occurred and what impacts it had on build times / failures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CircleCI is easy to set up and manage.

You can easily create projects in CircleCI and configure config.yml to define your CI pipeline.

We have set up multiple projects in CircleCI, and CI pipelines are working fine.

CircleCI also gives an option to setup a self-hosted runner where you are not dependent on Circle CI backend infra to run your pipelines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes CI pipelines may fail if they run on Circle CI infra due to unavailability or high load.

We ran multiple CI/CD pipelines in Circle CI and did not see many issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy interface, to see the pregress of the pipelines, using yaml file to create the pipelines easily, so that they run automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There was a data breach some time ago. Sometimes the servers are a bit slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Good documentation to get us started, everything works as expected, I can trust that issues are mine, not Circle CI's. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not their fault, but having it built signed apps for Apple Platforms is difficult, but at least there is help out there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.