TeamCity review

TeamCity is the polished alternative to Jenkins for teams that want to run CI on their own servers. The on-premises Professional edition is free forever with unlimited users, 3 build agents and up to 100 build configurations, and the Enterprise edition removes the configuration limit and adds standard support. Extra build agents can be bought for more parallel builds on either server. If you would rather not run servers, TeamCity Cloud is hosted by JetBrains, priced per committer with a minimum of 3, and includes build credits, storage and data transfer, with a 14-day free trial. JetBrains lists configuration as code, test automation, metrics and security among its features. We could only see TeamCity prices in euros from our location, so we have not quoted a USD price here; check the buy page for your currency. Its main limit is the free edition's cap of 100 build configurations, which larger organizations reach quickly.

Who it is for

Teams that want a polished self-hosted CI server, especially those already using JetBrains tools.

Price

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Key features

• On-premises Professional server free forever with 3 build agents
• Hosted TeamCity Cloud with a 14-day free trial
• Configuration as code
• Test automation, metrics and insights
• Additional build agents for more parallel builds

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free on-premises edition with unlimited users
• Strength: Choice of self-hosting or JetBrains-hosted cloud
• Strength: Mature build configuration and test reporting
• Weakness: Free Professional edition caps build configurations at 100
• Weakness: Prices shown to us in euros, so the USD cost is unconfirmed
• Weakness: Cloud plan requires at least 3 committers

Key facts

• Free edition: Professional: unlimited users, 3 agents, 100 build configurations
• Cloud trial: 14 days
• Cloud minimum: 3 committers

Where it ranks

TeamCity is No. 9 in our Best CI/CD Tools verdict.