Develocity Flaky Tests vs BuildPulse

Develocity Flaky Tests7.9Visit BuildPulse7.9Visit

Develocity Flaky Tests #5 in CI Failure Analysis And Flaky Test Tools 7.9/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 2 of 4 features Visit Develocity

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BuildPulse #6 in CI Failure Analysis And Flaky Test Tools 7.9/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 4 features Visit BuildPulse

• Develocity Flaky Tests fits best

  Build-tool teams needing cross-build flake detection

• BuildPulse fits best

  Teams wanting broad flake analytics and quarantine

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Side by side

Feature	Develocity Flaky Tests 7.9/10 Visit ↗	BuildPulse 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.9	7.9
Ranking	#5 in CI Failure Analysis And Flaky Test Tools	#6 in CI Failure Analysis And Flaky Test Tools
Best for	Build-tool teams needing cross-build flake detection	Teams wanting broad flake analytics and quarantine
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request · 30-day trial	$29/seat/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	30 days	14 days
Free trial length	30 days	14 days · no card needed
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs	Email, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, GDPR, SSO/SAML	GDPR
Integrations	5 integrations	14 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Develocity Flaky Tests 2/4 · BuildPulse 1/4
Flaky test detection	✓	✓
Failure root-cause analysis	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
AI fix suggestions	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Test quarantine	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
CI integrations	Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, TeamCity, any CI system	Not checked yet
Failure history	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Detects flakes within a build on retry and across builds with matching inputs Tracks flaky-test trends and rankings in the Tests Dashboard Supports quarantine workflows and API automation across multiple build tools	Detects, trends, and quarantines flaky tests with root-cause context Supports many CI providers, frameworks, and engineering integrations Adds repository code coverage and CI metrics alongside test analysis
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales and is published per committer per year No permanent free plan; the available offer is a 30-day trial Its focus is flaky-test detection, not a general CI failure-analysis suite	No free plan; analytics pricing starts at $99 per month Cloud-only deployment, with no self-hosted option CI runner infrastructure uses per-minute pricing
Our verdict	Develocity Flaky Tests Detection identifies non-deterministic tests for teams working with Gradle, Maven, Bazel, sbt, and supported JavaScript or Python retry mechanisms. It analyzes retries within a build and compares outcomes across… Read the review →	BuildPulse is a cloud platform for engineering teams that analyzes CI test results and pipeline data. It focuses on flaky-test detection, quarantine, history, disruption metrics, trend tracking, failure context, and root-cause analysis.… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Develocity Flaky Tests — where it wins

  • Detects flakes within a build on retry and across builds with matching inputs
  • Tracks flaky-test trends and rankings in the Tests Dashboard
  • Supports quarantine workflows and API automation across multiple build tools

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales and is published per committer per year
  • No permanent free plan; the available offer is a 30-day trial
  • Its focus is flaky-test detection, not a general CI failure-analysis suite

• BuildPulse — where it wins

  • Detects, trends, and quarantines flaky tests with root-cause context
  • Supports many CI providers, frameworks, and engineering integrations
  • Adds repository code coverage and CI metrics alongside test analysis

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; analytics pricing starts at $99 per month
  • Cloud-only deployment, with no self-hosted option
  • CI runner infrastructure uses per-minute pricing

• Develocity Flaky Tests7.9/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  Cross-build fingerprints and quarantine workflows help teams manage flaky tests across CI.

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• BuildPulse7.9/10 · 14-day trial

  Broad flake analysis and quarantine, starting at $99/month with no free plan.

  Visit BuildPulseFull verdict →