Code Hosting & CI/CD · reliability comparison
Bitrise vs Semaphore: which is more reliable? (2026)
Bitrise is more reliable than Semaphore, scoring 88.6 vs 55.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bitrise reported 6 incidents and Semaphore reported 21, with effective uptime of 99.90% and 98.93% respectively. Bitrise resolves incidents faster on average (1h 13m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Bitrise | Semaphore |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 88.6 | 55.4 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #1 | #10 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.90% | 98.93% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 21 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 5 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 13m | 4h 10m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Bitrise and Semaphore differ
- Semaphore reported 3.5× as many incidents as Bitrise over the last 90 days (21 vs 6).
- Semaphore had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Bitrise.
- Bitrise fixes problems faster: 1h 13m on average, against 4h 10m for Semaphore (3.4× quicker).
- Bitrise's longest outage on record lasted 1d 1h (Jul 14, 2026); Semaphore's lasted 10h 5m (Aug 31, 2026).
90-day uptime
Bitrise
Semaphore
- 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 Semaphore incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 25m
Affected: Semaphore
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 3h 14m
Affected: Semaphore
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 2h 41m
Affected: Semaphore
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 2h 15m
Affected: Semaphore
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 3h 47m
Affected: Semaphore
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 2h 1m
Affected: Semaphore
Other code hosting & CI platforms to consider
- Depot · #2 · 99.89% uptime
- GitLab · #3 · 100% uptime
- Bitbucket · #4 · 99.74% uptime
- Azure DevOps · #5 · 98.64% uptime
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