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We performed a comparison between CircleCI and TeamCity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Build Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed CircleCI vs. TeamCity Report (Updated: May 2024).
771,212 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"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.""The automation workflow in CircleCI related to third-party applications is very good and allows standardization of applications.""The solution offers continuous integration and continuous delivery.""It's a stable product.""Enables us to detect exactly which build failed and why, and to push multiple builds to our production environment at a very fast rate."

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"Time to deployment has been reduced in situations where we want to deploy to production or deploy breaking changes.""TeamCity is very useful due to the fact that it has a strong plug-in system.""TeamCity is a very user-friendly tool.""The most valuable aspect of the solution is its easy configuration. It also has multiple plugins that can be used especially for building .net applications.""Good integration with IDE and JetBrains products.""It provides repeatable CI/CD throughout our company with lots of feedback on failures and successes to the intended audiences via email and Slack.""We would like to see better integration with other version controls, since we encountered difficulty when this we first attempted.""VCS Trigger: Provides excellent source control support."

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Cons
"The solution’s pricing could be better.""Billing is a mess.""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.""There needs to be some improvement in the user interface of CircleCI."

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"If TeamCity could create more out of the box solutions to make it more user friendly and create more use cases, that would be ideal.""We've called TeamCity tech support. Unfortunately, all their tech support is based in Europe, so we end up with such a big time crunch that I now need to have one person in the US.""I would suggest creating simple and advanced configurations. Advanced configurations will give more customizations like Jenkins does.""It will benefit this solution if they keep up to date with other CI/CD systems out there.""If there was more documentation that was easier to locate, it would be helpful for users.""I need some more graphical design.""REST API support lacks many features in customization of builds, jobs, and settings.""Integrating with certain technologies posed challenges related to time and required support from the respective technology teams to ensure smooth integration with TeamCity."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price of CircleCI could be less expensive."
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  • "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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    Anonymous User
    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 nowadays. The biggest difference upon initial inspection is that TeamCity is far more focused on validating individual commits rather than certain types of tests. Jenkins’ front page presents information that is simply not useful in a non-linear development environment, where people are often working in vastly different directions. How many of the previous tests passed/failed is not really salient information in this kind of situation. Running specific tests for individual commits on TeamCity is far more trivial in terms of interface complexity than Jenkins. TeamCity just involves clicking the ”…” button in the corner on any test type (although I wish it wasn’t so easy to click “Run” by accident). I generally find TeamCity a lot more intuitive than Jenkins out of the box. There’s a point at which you feel that if you have to scour the documentation to do anything remotely complex in an application, you’re dealing with a bad interface. One disappointing thing in both is that inter-branch merges improperly trigger e-mails to unrelated committers. I suppose it is fairly difficult to determine who to notify about failure in situations like these, though. It seems like TeamCity pulls up the… Read more →
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution offers continuous integration and continuous delivery.
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:One of the most beneficial features for us is the flexibility it offers in creating deployment steps tailored to different technologies.
    Top Answer:It's open source, however, if you want your solution to be deployed on their cloud or on the cloud in general without you being involved and having it and managed by them, there may be costs involved… more »
    Top Answer:I haven't faced many challenges or issues that I would like to see improved in TeamCity. As for deployment challenges, they are often tied to the specific technology being integrated with TeamCity. In… more »
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    11th
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    4.0
    6th
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    Overview

    CircleCI is a leading platform for automating continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), valued for its capability to manage software updates efficiently. With an easy-to-configure system using YAML files and robust Docker support, CircleCI streamlines backend updates, frontend developments, and mobile app testing across devices. Its parallelism feature and insightful dashboard reduce processing times and improve workflow visibility, respectively, enhancing team collaboration and productivity while maintaining high-quality outputs across development stages.

    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.

    Sample Customers
    Shopify, Zenefits, Concur Technologies, CyberAgent
    Toyota, Xerox, Apple, MIT, Volkswagen, HP, Twitter, Expedia
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Non Tech Company7%
    Hospitality Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise59%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise48%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise65%
    Buyer's Guide
    CircleCI vs. TeamCity
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about CircleCI vs. TeamCity and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    771,212 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    CircleCI is ranked 11th in Build Automation with 5 reviews while TeamCity is ranked 6th in Build Automation with 25 reviews. CircleCI is rated 6.6, while TeamCity is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CircleCI writes "Unhelpful support, unclear billing, and has offers ability to track usage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TeamCity writes "Build management system used to successfully create full request tests and run security scans". CircleCI is most compared with Tekton, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild and GoCD, whereas TeamCity is most compared with GitLab, Jenkins, Harness, GitHub Actions and Tekton. See our CircleCI vs. TeamCity report.

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