TeamCity vs Travis CI comparison

JetBrains and Travis CI are both solutions in the Build Automation category. JetBrains is ranked #9 with an average rating of 6.8, while Travis CI is ranked #21 with an average rating of 6.0. JetBrains holds a 7.6% mindshare in BA, compared to Travis CI’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of JetBrains users are willing to recommend the solution.

TeamCity

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90% willing to recommend

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0% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

TeamCity and Travis CI are competing in the CI/CD category. TeamCity holds an advantage for enterprise-level needs due to its feature richness, while Travis CI is preferred for ease of setup and efficient cloud-based operations.

Features: TeamCity provides extensive integration support, robust customization options, and real-time build logging. Travis CI offers seamless GitHub integration, a user-friendly build configuration, and broad language support. TeamCity's control capabilities contrast with Travis CI's quick deployment focus.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: TeamCity supports on-premise and cloud deployments with a comprehensive setup needing more learning effort, accompanied by personalized customer support and detailed documentation. Travis CI's cloud model allows quicker implementation and is backed by responsive support.

Pricing and ROI: TeamCity involves higher upfront costs due to its on-premise capabilities but shows higher ROI for large enterprises. Travis CI is cost-effective with a focus on cloud scalability, offering quicker ROI for smaller to mid-sized firms. TeamCity's pricing might deter cost-sensitive buyers, while Travis CI provides flexible pricing options.

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Categories and Ranking

TeamCity

Ranking in Build Automation

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

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 March 2025, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of TeamCity is 7.6%, up from 6.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Travis CI is 0.6%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Omakoji Idakwoji

Software Engineer at Home Depot

Build management system used to successfully create full request tests and run security scans

I find the TeamCity backend easily accessible. Users can login to the Linux servers that TeamCity is installed on and perform operations. Also I find the ability to template solutions using the meta runner a good feature as well as the user management feature. There is a display that shows which user made recent changes to a branch on GitHub, including the time the changes were made and the particular agent that ran the job. This is also a very useful feature. The metrics and audit available for projects, pipelines and jobs come in handy when debugging.

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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

"We would like to see better integration with other version controls, since we encountered difficulty when this we first attempted."

"It's easy to move to a new release because of templates and meta-runners, and agent pooling."

"Using TeamCity and emailing everyone on fail is one way to emphasize the importance of testing code and showing management why taking the time to test actually does saves time from having to fix bugs on the other end."

"Good integration with IDE and JetBrains products."

"The integration is a valuable feature."

"Time to deployment has been reduced in situations where we want to deploy to production or deploy breaking changes."

"TeamCity is a very user-friendly tool."

"TeamCity is more structured and user-friendly than other vendors."

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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

"The upgrade process could be smoother. Upgrading major versions can often cause some pain."

"If there was more documentation that was easier to locate, it would be helpful for users."

"REST API support lacks many features in customization of builds, jobs, and settings."

"I would like to see an improvement where TeamCity alerts us via email or another medium if there are discrepancies between the code in the staging environment and what has been deployed to production, such as missing updates."

"The integration between other solutions and TeamCity could be smoother."

"The UI for this solution could be improved. New users don't find it easy to navigate. The need some level of training to understand the ins and the outs."

"Integrating with certain technologies posed challenges related to time and required support from the respective technology teams to ensure smooth integration with TeamCity."

"I need some more graphical design."

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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

"Start with the free tier for a few build configs and see how it works for you, then according to your scale find the enterprise license which fits you the most."

"The licensing is on an annual basis."

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it_user184734

Systems Administrator at Facebook

Jan 22, 2015

I generally find TeamCity a lot more intuitive than Jenkins.

Moving to TeamCity from Jenkins At work, we’re slowly migrating from Jenkins to TeamCity in the hope of ending some of our recurring problems with continuous integration. My use of Jenkins prior to this job has been almost strictly on a personal basis, although I pretty much only use Travis…

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

25%

Computer Software Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about TeamCity?

One of the most beneficial features for us is the flexibility it offers in creating deployment steps tailored to different technologies.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TeamCity?

Compared to new technologies, TeamCity is more expensive and is an older tool compared to tools like GitLab.

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What needs improvement with TeamCity?

TeamCity's user interface could be improved; specifically, the tree structure on the homepage is not clear, making it difficult to search for projects. Moreover, there are some limitations related ...

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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

TeamCity is a Continuous Integration and Deployment server that provides out-of-the-box continuous unit testing, code quality analysis, and early reporting on build problems. A simple installation process lets you deploy TeamCity and start improving your release management practices in a matter of minutes. TeamCity supports Java, .NET and Ruby development and integrates perfectly with major IDEs, version control systems, and issue tracking systems.

JetBrains

Easily sync your GitHub projects with Travis CI and you'll be testing your code in minutes. Travis CI for private repositories has plans for every size project. With Travis CI testing your open source project is 100% free.

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