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CircleCI vs Travis CI: which is more reliable? (2026)
Travis CI is more reliable than CircleCI, scoring 89.7 vs 59.2 out of 100. Over the last 90 days CircleCI reported 28 incidents and Travis CI reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.19% and 99.99% respectively.
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | CircleCI | Travis CI |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 59.2 | 89.7 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #7 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.19% | 99.99% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 28 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 26m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 1 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 50/100 |
Where CircleCI and Travis CI differ
- Travis CI reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while CircleCI reported 28.
- CircleCI had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Travis CI.
- CircleCI's longest outage on record lasted 14h 36m (Oct 9, 2026); Travis CI's lasted 5h 14m (May 25, 2026).
- Our own probes detected 0 outages at CircleCI and 1 at Travis CI, of which 0 and 0 respectively were acknowledged on their status pages.
90-day uptime
CircleCI
Travis CI
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
Recent Travis CI incidents
No incidents reported by Travis CI in the last 90 days.
Other code hosting & CI platforms to consider
- Bitrise · #1 · 99.90% uptime
- Depot · #2 · 99.89% uptime
- GitLab · #3 · 100% uptime
- Bitbucket · #4 · 99.74% uptime
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