What I like about Semaphore is that it’s an independent European company with its own data centers. The bare metal servers deliver excellent performance, cutting our times in half, which shortens our feedback loop and significantly improves developer productivity. Also reduces costs by 2 as we need half the time to run CI ! The new flaky test detection tool is also very useful, and their pricing remains highly competitive compared to other providers.

It's fast and has great support and clear documentation.

Semaphore CI makes it incredibly easy to get started. With zero prior experience on the platform, I was able to spin up a working pipeline to build and test my service in no time. Their "Getting Started" flow is one of the best I've seen — it's clear, structured, and genuinely helps you get up to speed fast. Integrating Semaphore into my existing repositories and services was seamless. I now use Semaphore daily as part of my customer's regular development workflow, and slowly migrating their pipelines over from another CI/CD provider. On top of that, the support team deserves a massive shoutout. They’ve consistently responded within 24 hours and always offer actionable solutions. It’s hands-down some of the best support I’ve ever received from a tech company. Their free tier is also incredibly generous compared to other CI/CD platforms — perfect for testing out the service or running smaller projects without a financial commitment. I've already recommended Semaphore to others and plan to use it on more projects in the future.