Bamboo vs Travis CI comparison

Atlassian and Travis CI are both solutions in the Build Automation category. Atlassian is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.7, while Travis CI is ranked #21 with an average rating of 6.0. Atlassian holds a 7.4% mindshare in BA, compared to Travis CI’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 77% of Atlassian users are willing to recommend the solution.

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0% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Bamboo and Travis CI are competitive products in the continuous integration and continuous deployment domain. Data comparisons suggest Travis CI often leads in feature offerings and flexibility, while Bamboo stands out in integration support and comprehensive management tools.

Features: Bamboo provides extensive integration with the Atlassian suite, robust support for multi-platform builds, and comprehensive management tools. Travis CI is known for its simplicity, strong support for open-source projects, and easy configuration with cloud-based builds, making workflows easier with portable configurations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Bamboo's deployment is closely aligned with the Atlassian ecosystem, making it streamlined for existing Atlassian customers, though potentially more challenging for those new to Atlassian products. Travis CI offers a straightforward, cloud-centric setup that enables rapid deployment with broad language support. Its responsive support emphasizes simplicity and efficiency.

Pricing and ROI: Bamboo typically has lower setup costs for teams already using Atlassian products, offering seamless cost integration and potentially higher ROI through its comprehensive toolset. Travis CI's pricing aligns with its deployment flexibility and cloud benefits, often justifying its cost with rapid development cycles, despite potentially higher initial costs for non-open-source use.

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Categories and Ranking

Bamboo

Ranking in Build Automation

6th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Travis CI

Ranking in Build Automation

21st

Average Rating

6.0

Reviews Sentiment

3.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Bamboo is 7.4%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Travis CI is 0.7%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Andrea Carella

DevOps Engineer at Politecnico di Milano

High availability, helpful support, and plenty of plugins available

I have used Google Cloud Platform and Amazon AWS for implementing Bamboo. It is not difficult to complete. The length of time it takes for deployment depends on a lot of variables, such as how the pipeline is deployed and what type of infrastructure is present. However, it typically takes only hours not days. I rate the setup of Bamboo a nine out of ten.

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Pravar Agrawal

Senior SRE at IBM

YAML-based configuration and simple deployment but user interface needs modernizing

Travis CI is an okay tool, and I am forced to use it as part of my job. I don't maintain it; it is running somewhere else, and I don't have control over it. The interface is very basic and not user-friendly; it feels like it was stuck in 2010. It is very basic and designed for lightweight CI work, and it cannot handle heavy CI. You cannot do branched flows, and you will have to write shell scripts to send calls here and there. The pipelines are not as detailed as some other CI/CD tools. If Travis is down, you don't have any control over it and need to reach out to their customer support.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The platform helps us with automated and timely backup. It provides data replication as well."

"Bamboo's integration with the rest of Atlassian's tech tools, like Jira, helps manage the end-to-end development and release process."

"One of the big things that made us choose Bamboo, is it seamlessly integrates its APIs into NetSuite, which is our main ELP system."

"We use Bamboo to automate all our test builds and deployments. It integrates with tools like the ReportPortal to help us check and evaluate processes. When we initiate commands, it automatically checks for scaling issues or failures related to new code. Based on these evaluations, it provides reports in the ReportPortal, helping us decide whether to implement changes."

"One of the significant benefits of Bamboo is its built-in support for numerous clients and the ability to tailor its capabilities to your specific requirements. This high level of customization enables you to create pipelines that are ideally suited to your needs, making it an invaluable tool for conducting advanced testing."

"The tool is useful for continuous deployment."

"It's one of the best solutions in this line of work. We have many Atlassian products. We use Bamboo, JIRA, Service Desk, and some other Atlassian plugins. We like that it's easy to integrate into each other. It's a suite of services."

"In my experience Bamboo is scalable."

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"The only thing I like about Travis CI is that you have a YAML file to define a Travis flow."

Cons

"Bamboo is a bit complicated to use compared to other solutions, such as GitLab. You have to integrate different actions that are difficult that could be made easier."

"Bamboo’s technical support services, in terms of speed of response, need improvement."

"Integrating workflows with other platforms can be challenging. The capabilities of these platforms sometimes fall short compared to others. Initially, it was difficult for us because the plugins were very limited."

"Bamboo could improve by having compatibility with GitLab. It would be better to have this platform for deploying code and storing container registries. Bamboo does not have a container registry. Additionally, there could be more features added."

"The tool is not capable of using YAML efficiently."

"It can be challenging for someone new to the system or ecosystem to grasp, making it difficult to train new people and help them understand."

"It should be much easier to use. It shouldn't require a lot of reading to be able to use it. It should have just two or three screens rather than hundreds of screens requiring a lot of clicking. It also requires a lot of integration. It has a steep learning curve. It takes a lot of time to understand and put in the data. There is also no proper training."

"It would be great if Bamboo could introduce a more containerized deployment model."

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"The interface is very basic and not user-friendly; it feels like it was stuck in 2010."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a subscription required to use Bamboo."

"The price of Bamboo is reasonable."

"I rate the solution's pricing a three out of five."

"If Bamboo could provide more flexibility on pricing, that would help. On the agent side, if you want to increase the number of agents it should be less expensive. If they can provide some better pricing model, it will help, whether we are going to use it or are already using it."

"I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten."

"The server products for small teams used to offer excellent pricing. However, Atlassian has since changed the offering and the pricing is more expensive. I do still think the solution offers good value for money."

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Senior iOS Developer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees

May 27, 2015

Bamboo vs. Jenkins

A biased and subjective comparison of Bamboo and Jenkins as CI servers for mobile development, based on practical experience with both. Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (Delivery, Distribution) has been around for quite a while. But surprisingly enough on a global scale it pretty…

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Bamboo?

Bamboo's integration with the rest of Atlassian's tech tools, like Jira, helps manage the end-to-end development and release process.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bamboo?

I rate the solution's pricing a three out of five.

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What needs improvement with Bamboo?

Integrating workflows with other platforms can be challenging. The capabilities of these platforms sometimes fall short compared to others. Initially, it was difficult for us because the plugins we...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Travis CI?

I'm not too sure about the pricing of Travis or how the agreement works.

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What needs improvement with Travis CI?

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What is your primary use case for Travis CI?

Travis CI is mainly used to run integration tests as part of the deployment, which I do on Kubernetes. The Travis workflows are integrated with any changes in my code. It will have different jobs, ...

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Overview

Bamboo is a continuous integration and delivery tool that ties automated builds, tests and releases together in a single workflow. It works great alongside JIRA and Stash providing a fully traceable deployment pipeline.

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