Some of the best continuous integration (CI) tools aren’t just for the top players in the industry these days and can be used with much ease. Here we compare the best CI tools in the past year, backed with data and basis the feedback of the community. To know more visit www.cuelogic.com

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2. Any good continuous integration tool should have some useful rootkits and parallelisation ports to make use of when the
coding environment requires a few more helping hands.
A good CI platform should also have compatibilities for the cloud and allow for data to be inputted and outputted on the go
with no major bottlenecks, especially at the nodes and gates.
The best CI tools in the business have features that allow users to use the images in the platform in a stage like an
environment with drag and drop functionalities. Some even have proper features inbuilt for AR and VR.
When the build finishes, the CI / CD tools should be able to launch the image to see if it works with no runtime errors and
backup tasks to be completed on the disk.
What this means essentially is that the virtual machines should have no backup provisions and should be able to deploy
about anything.
When concerning updates and other new additions to existing softwares, all good CI tools should be able to build links with
.NET core templates and offer good deployment options.
It should all have containers as a first class citizens and especially for teams planning to use Docker.
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5. JENKINS
Jenkins is an open-source CI tool completely compiled and written
in Java that originated as a subsidiary of Oracle created by Sun
Microsystems.
Jenkins is a cross-platform CI tool with configurations for both GUI
interface and console commands. So there’s no need to give in to
pesky code walls when working.
It’s an extremely flexible program that can be powered through
add-ons and plugins. It has a highly extensive plugin list that is very
comprehensive and can be added from the console as well. Users
can also distribute builds and test loads on multiple machines.
Even though it’s available under a distributed license, users can
use it for free with certain restrictions on the sharing of resources
and final builds.

6. BAMBOO
Bamboo uses a popular pipeline system which can be accessed
simply by making a Bitbucket account.
Bamboo is available for a frenzy of systems and OS applications and
helps companies in meeting their continuous integration needs by
using Docker pipelines, all of which are tasked through the Bamboo
Cloud.
When coming to the economics of the CI parts, Bamboo is free to
try for the first 30 days and offers two separate plans for small and
growing teams.
Being a creation of Atlassian, it has native support for JIRA and
BitBucket and teams can even import Jenkins configurations into
the Bamboo easily.
Users will find the CI tool to be great for on-premises setups but a
little buggy for cloud setups. Bitbucket Pipelines has well replaced
the cloud solution.

7. CIRCLE CI
CircleCI is yet another cloud alternative but may be a deal breaker
to some because it only supports GitHub.
It does, however, support a host of languages including Java,
Ruby/Rails, Python, Node.js, PHP, Haskell and Scala.
CircleCI, however, is much different from other systems in the fact
that while softwares for continuous integration are priced on
builds, while CircleCI uses containers.
You can use one container for free from where you can build as
many projects on it as you need. You can even add on to other
projects to the level of parallelisation that suits your needs.
There are five distinct levels of parallelisation with containers up to
16 limits. All these support the Docker mainframe with flexible
tools that are easy to learn and use.

8. GITLAB CI
GitLab CI is a well-known component of the open-source Rails
project GitLab and became famous for its cross-compatibility
features.
Hosted entirely on GitLab.com, its services are well aligned with the
git repository management such as access control, issue tracking,
code reviews and much more.
GitLab CI integrates well with the GitLab atmosphere and also can
easily conduct projects with the GitLab API. Process building
activities are much simpler and can be conducted using the Go
language that can be made to run on Windows, Linux, OSX,
FreeBSD, and Docker.
Gitlab CI is also supported on an open source community as well
as a paid Enterprise edition.

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