Captain vs Develocity

Captain8.8Visit Develocity8.6Visit

Higher score Captain #5 in Test Flakiness Management Software 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 5 features Visit Captain

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Develocity #7 in Test Flakiness Management Software 8.6/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 5 features Visit Develocity

• Captain fits best

  Open-source teams seeking low-cost flake analytics

• Develocity fits best

  Build engineering teams with complex build systems

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Side by side

Feature	Captain 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Develocity 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.6
Ranking	#5 in Test Flakiness Management Software	#7 in Test Flakiness Management Software
Best for	Open-source teams seeking low-cost flake analytics	Build engineering teams with complex build systems
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$10/unit usage-based	Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, macOS, Linux	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Community, Docs	Email, Phone, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2	SOC 2, GDPR, SSO/SAML
Integrations	5 integrations	16 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Captain 3/5 · Develocity 4/5
Flake detection	✓	✓
Quarantine workflow	✓	✓
Failure clustering	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Rerun policies	✓	✓
Issue tracker links	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Supported frameworks	xUnit, ExUnit, Ginkgo, go test, Bun, Cucumber, Cypress, Jest, Karma, Mocha, Playwright, TestCafe, Vitest, PHPUnit, pytest, unittest, Ruby Cucumber, minitest, RSpec	JUnit 4, JUnit 5, Spock, TestNG, Maven Surefire/Failsafe, Jest, Mocha, Cypress, pytest
Our review
Pros	Open-source mode includes detection, quarantine, retries, and partitioning Pro adds flaky-test analytics and 90-day performance retention Supports major CI platforms and a broad range of test frameworks	Detects flaky tests within and across builds using retry outcomes and shared inputs Quarantines known-flaky tests and supports configurable retry limits Build Scans include outcomes, stack traces, retry output, and timelines
Cons	Integration coverage is narrower than some category alternatives Automatic partition rebalancing is limited to the Pro plan Advanced cloud analytics require paid usage-based pricing	Requires contact with sales for pricing No free plan is available Its breadth may exceed the needs of teams with simple build systems
Our verdict	Captain is an open-source command-line tool and cloud service for software engineering teams managing unreliable test suites. It detects flaky tests, retries failed and flaky tests, supports quarantine workflows, partitions test suites… Read the review →	Develocity is a software delivery platform for engineering and platform teams that need detailed visibility into build and test behavior. It captures build and test telemetry, provides Build Scans and analytics, detects flaky tests within… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Captain — where it wins

  • Open-source mode includes detection, quarantine, retries, and partitioning
  • Pro adds flaky-test analytics and 90-day performance retention
  • Supports major CI platforms and a broad range of test frameworks

  Where it doesn't

  • Integration coverage is narrower than some category alternatives
  • Automatic partition rebalancing is limited to the Pro plan
  • Advanced cloud analytics require paid usage-based pricing

• Develocity — where it wins

  • Detects flaky tests within and across builds using retry outcomes and shared inputs
  • Quarantines known-flaky tests and supports configurable retry limits
  • Build Scans include outcomes, stack traces, retry output, and timelines

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires contact with sales for pricing
  • No free plan is available
  • Its breadth may exceed the needs of teams with simple build systems

• Captain8.8/10 · Free plan

  A low-cost option for open-source teams needing flake detection and CI test controls.

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• Develocity8.6/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A deep flakiness-management layer for complex builds, with commercial pricing and no free plan.

  Visit DevelocityFull verdict →