Used For

• +**Your Git pushes sit there doing nothing until someone manually deploys** → Buddy watches for commits and automatically builds, tests, and deploys within minutes
• +**You're running the same 15 terminal commands every time you deploy** → Visual pipeline handles the repetitive stuff while you focus on actual coding
• +**Your team's deployment knowledge lives in one person's head** → Anyone can see and modify the deployment steps through the UI
• +Visual pipeline builder with YAML backup - non-technical PMs can understand what's happening
• +Handles iOS builds in the cloud - no need to buy Macs or deal with Xcode licensing nightmares

Best For

• >Your manual deployments keep breaking at 2am and waking everyone up
• >Small dev team tired of copy-pasting deployment scripts between projects
• >iOS developers who need Mac builds but don't want to rent a Mac farm

Not For

• -Solo hobbyists with simple sites — free plan freezes after 60 days of inactivity and you'll forget to log in
• -Large enterprises needing heavy compliance — missing SOC2 and detailed audit logs that bigger companies expect
• -Teams wanting zero technical knowledge — you'll still need to write bash commands and understand basic deployment concepts

Pairs With

• *GitHub (where your code lives and triggers start when you push commits)
• *AWS (one of 1000+ deployment targets, though setup still requires knowing your way around AWS)
• *Slack (where the team gets notified when builds fail at the worst possible moment)
• *Docker (for containerized builds that work the same way locally and in production)
• *Kubernetes (for deployments that need to scale beyond simple server pushes)
• *Cypress (for automated testing that runs before anything goes live)

The Catch

• !Free accounts go to sleep after 60 days of no logins, then get deleted after another 30 days (your weekend project pipelines don't count as activity)
• !Pricing isn't published anywhere — you have to contact sales to know what you're actually paying
• !Some core actions like Node.js builds are getting redesigned, so expect occasional workflow disruptions

Bottom Line

Drag-and-drop CI/CD for teams who want automation without wrestling YAML files for three days.