Mobile CI/CD Benchmark Report
As a mobile CI/CD platform, reducing build times is always a high priority. To improve our build times, last week, we’ve upgraded our iOS build infrastructure. Our machines are now dramatically faster, regardless of the project’s size and complexity. After upgrade, our instruments reported %50-70 reduction in build times. That’s 2-3x faster!
We’re really proud of our build times. But how does our new infrastructure compare to other mobile CI/CD platforms? We’ve tried it out.
How much faster than competition? (Bitrise, Codemagic, Appcenter)
We benchmarked a special Xcode project made for testing build times. We built 3 times, and took the average time. We also used the same Xcode version (13.1.1). Here are the results using their regular plans:
The platform that took the longest time was Microsoft’s App Center. 15.3 minutes.
The second longest was with Codemagic. 11.9 minutes.
The third was Bitrise. 9.9 minutes
And the platform with the best build times was Appcircle! 7.7 minutes.
Here are the full results. Our new infrastructure is 2x faster than Appcenter.
| Platform | Seconds (lower is better) | Minutes (lower is better) | % Dif |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appcircle | 460.558 | 7.675 | – |
| Bitrise | 596.970 | 9.949 | 29.61 |
| Codemagic | 716.378 | 11.939 | 55.54 |
| Appcenter | 913.745 | 15.229 | 98.39 |
Of course, with these results, we can clearly call this out:
Fastest Mobile CI Platform is Appcircle
We’re delighted to have the fastest iOS build times. Our customers realized the difference before we even announced the upgrade. Helping mobile developers is why we do what we do. Thanks to all of our users for choosing Appcircle. Many more improvements are on the line!
Happy coding!