CircleCI vs Concourse for VMware Tanzu comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

CircleCI
Ranking in Build Automation
11th
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Concourse for VMware Tanzu
Ranking in Build Automation
14th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Build Automation category, the market share of CircleCI is 4.4% and it increased by 5.0% compared to the previous year. The market share of Concourse for VMware Tanzu is 0.7% and it decreased by 30.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

reviewer0972521 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 26, 2023
Unhelpful support, unclear billing, and has offers ability to track usage
We've had occasional connectivity issues with cloud resources and build failure due to its own internal system setup and environment. That costs us credits. Support engineers do not thoroughly read and understand issues when emailing them. They reply to me with a totally different context about the problem. Just yesterday, my web applications failed to 'yarn build' after I downgraded the resource class from extr-large to large. I contacted support and got no reply. Billing is a mess. There is duplicate information in the bill downloaded from their website and when I asked for a consolidated bill, they just answered that they didn't have it. There is no transparency on how many billed minutes and credits I spent each day both on their website and the monthly bill which makes it difficult to understand when the monthly bill contains many refill item charges. It is difficult or impossible to track usage and burndown of my subscription and to gain total outstanding refill amounts on a daily basis. Their website doesn't provide sufficient information on credits allocated/calculated for my extra-large resource class.
Jason-Nash - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 23, 2022
This solution is scalable and stable, but needs more support for deployments outside of Cloud Foundry
This solution is an integrated build tool for their CI/CD within Cloud Foundry. It works fine. I was not personally as involved with this solution as others in our organization because my team chose not to use it. This was because we had deployments that were outside of Cloud Foundry that we needed…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The solution offers continuous integration and continuous delivery."
"The ability to automate the build process in a seamless way and run workflows effortlessly. It supports parallel builds so it can scale well. Also, it covers the basics of any build and integration tool, including email notifications (especially when tests are fixed), project insights, etc."
"Some of the most valuable features include container-based builds, integration with Bit Bucket and being able to store artifacts."
"Enables us to detect exactly which build failed and why, and to push multiple builds to our production environment at a very fast rate."
"It's a stable product."
"The automation workflow in CircleCI related to third-party applications is very good and allows standardization of applications."
"We never experienced any problems with scalability."
 

Cons

"Integration with Microsoft Azure is one area for improvement. Azure is growing in its user base, and supports various cloud infrastructure components such as Service Fabric, App Service, etc. Some of Azure’s deployment models (like Kudu) require a steep learning curve, but if CircleCI would come up with such features (deployment to App Service) out of the box, it would be amazing."
"Billing is a mess."
"There needs to be some improvement in the user interface of CircleCI."
"The solution’s pricing could be better."
"I would like to see additional support for things outside of Cloud Foundry."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of CircleCI could be less expensive."
"The solution is bundled in with Cloud Foundry so the pricing is not independent."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CircleCI?
The solution offers continuous integration and continuous delivery.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CircleCI?
Beware of skyrocketing bills as CircleCI does not provide transparency into how they charge refills. Their monthly billing statement is almost unreadable and their online dashboard doesn't provide ...
What needs improvement with CircleCI?
We've had occasional connectivity issues with cloud resources and build failure due to its own internal system setup and environment. That costs us credits. Support engineers do not thoroughly read...
What do you like most about Concourse for VMware Tanzu?
We never experienced any problems with scalability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Concourse for VMware Tanzu?
The solution is bundled in with Cloud Foundry so the pricing is not independent.
What needs improvement with Concourse for VMware Tanzu?
The biggest gap for me was just that the solution is relatively tied to Cloud Foundry. If you have anything you need to deploy outside of that, it becomes burdensome. I would like to see additional...
 

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