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Bitrise vs CircleCI: which is more reliable? (2026)
Bitrise is more reliable than CircleCI, scoring 88.6 vs 59.2 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bitrise reported 6 incidents and CircleCI reported 28, with effective uptime of 99.90% and 99.19% respectively. Bitrise resolves incidents faster on average (1h 13m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Bitrise | CircleCI |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 88.6 | 59.2 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #1 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.90% | 99.19% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 28 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 13m | 2h 26m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Bitrise and CircleCI differ
- CircleCI reported 4.7× as many incidents as Bitrise over the last 90 days (28 vs 6).
- CircleCI had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Bitrise.
- Bitrise fixes problems faster: 1h 13m on average, against 2h 26m for CircleCI (2.0× quicker).
- Bitrise's longest outage on record lasted 1d 1h (Jul 14, 2026); CircleCI's lasted 14h 36m (Oct 9, 2026).
90-day uptime
Bitrise
CircleCI
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Bitrise incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 31m
Long waiting times (queue) on builds
Affected: ⚙️ Builds (CI)
- Partial outageOct 5, 2026 · resolved in 2h 19m
Issue with the Start Build dialog in the Website UIofficial update ↗
Affected: ⚙️ Builds (CI)
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 6m
Long waiting times [on specific stacks / to start builds]
Affected: ⚙️ Builds (CI)
- Degraded performanceSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 1h 49m
Key Value Dependency Cache Service
Affected: Key Value Dependency Cache Service
- Partial outageAug 28, 2026 · resolved in 32m
CI build list is not loading in multiple workspaces
Affected: ⚙️ Builds (CI)
- Degraded performanceAug 7, 2026 · resolved in 58m
Increased queues on Linux machines
Affected: ⚙️ Builds (CI)
Recent CircleCI incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 3m
Delays for gen2 dedicated IP range jobs
Affected: Docker Jobs
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1h 24m
Increased Docker gen2 wait times
Affected: Docker Jobs
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 2h 16m
Increased wait times for macOS jobs on m4pro.large
Affected: macOS Jobs
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 1h 13m
Delays starting macOS jobs that use Xcode 26.6.0
Affected: macOS Jobs
- Partial outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 14h 36m
Delay in data appearing in UI and APIofficial update ↗
Affected: CircleCI API, CircleCI UI
- Degraded performanceOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 3h 35m
Elevated wait times for machine jobs
Affected: Machine Jobs
Other code hosting & CI platforms to consider
- Depot · #2 · 99.89% uptime
- GitLab · #3 · 100% uptime
- Bitbucket · #4 · 99.74% uptime
- Azure DevOps · #5 · 98.62% uptime
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