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Mergify vs Develocity Flaky Tests

Updated Nov 2026
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Higher score Mergify #2 in CI Failure Analysis And Flaky Test Tools 8.8/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Mergify

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

Mergify leads on 1 check, Develocity Flaky Tests on 0, and 2 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 3 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

Highest scoreMergify · 8.8/10
Free planonly Mergify
Free trialboth
Most featuresDevelocity Flaky Tests · 2 of 4

Mergify scores higher on our rubric for ci failure analysis and flaky test tools: 8.8 against 7.9 out of 10; our editors rank them #2 and #5.

Mergify offers free plan; Develocity Flaky Tests doesn't.

Mergify is the better fit for gitHub-centric teams managing flaky tests and merges. Develocity Flaky Tests is the better fit for build-tool teams needing cross-build flake detection.

Mergify fits best
GitHub-centric teams managing flaky tests and merges
Develocity Flaky Tests fits best
Build-tool teams needing cross-build flake detection

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Feature	Mergify 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Develocity Flaky Tests 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	7.9
Ranking	#2 in CI Failure Analysis And Flaky Test Tools	#5 in CI Failure Analysis And Flaky Test Tools
Best for	GitHub-centric teams managing flaky tests and merges	Build-tool teams needing cross-build flake detection
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$21/seat/mo	Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	14 days	30 days
Free trial length	14 days · no card needed	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Community, Docs, Tickets · 24/7	Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, SSO/SAML	SOC 2, GDPR, SSO/SAML
Integrations	35+ integrations	5 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Mergify 1/4 · Develocity Flaky Tests 2/4
Flaky test detection	✓	✓
Failure root-cause analysis	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
AI fix suggestions	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Test quarantine	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
CI integrations	Not checked yet	Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, TeamCity, any CI system
Failure history	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Detects flaky tests, classifies test health, and tracks historical statistics Quarantines unreliable tests and supports pull-request reruns Combines CI insights with merge queues, protections, and stacked pull requests	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
Cons	Broader than a standalone test analytics tool, so may exceed a narrow need Max costs $21 per seat per month when billed monthly Enterprise is the tier for on-premise deployment and custom retention	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
Our verdict	Mergify brings test reliability workflows and pull-request merge automation together for engineering teams. Test Insights detects flaky and broken tests, classifies test health, analyzes failures, and tracks test statistics across… Read the review →	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 →

MergifyCI Failure Analysis And Flaky Test Tools 8.8Free plan · 14-day trial
Develocity Flaky TestsCI Failure Analysis And Flaky Test Tools 7.9Pricing on request · 30-day trial

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Strengths and trade-offs

Mergify — where it wins
- Detects flaky tests, classifies test health, and tracks historical statistics
- Quarantines unreliable tests and supports pull-request reruns
- Combines CI insights with merge queues, protections, and stacked pull requests
Where it doesn't
- Broader than a standalone test analytics tool, so may exceed a narrow need
- Max costs $21 per seat per month when billed monthly
- Enterprise is the tier for on-premise deployment and custom retention
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

Mergify8.8/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial
Combines flaky-test analysis and quarantine with merge queues and CI workflows.
Visit Mergify Full verdict →
Develocity Flaky Tests7.9/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Cross-build fingerprints and quarantine workflows help teams manage flaky tests across CI.
Visit Develocity Full verdict →