Comparisons

CI vs Continuous Delivery vs Continuous Deployment

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Venn diagram showing Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment with shared overlaps of automated tests, release staging, and automated production.
Venn diagram showing Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment with shared overlaps of automated tests, release staging, and automated production.

What it shows

  • Continuous Integration automates code building and unit testing on merge.
  • Continuous Delivery packages deployable artifacts right up to production.
  • Continuous Deployment automatically pushes passing builds straight to prod.

The takeaway

Delivery gives humans the final release trigger; Deployment automates that last mile.

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