Shipyard provides a self-service platform for creating managed ephemeral environments that automatically spin up with each pull request, enabling developers, product teams, and QA teams to test features in isolation. This approach reduces cloud costs by 30-70% and enhances developer velocity by allowing for immediate feedback and iteration without the need for complex staging setups.
Funding
$2.3M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Developers, product teams, and QA teams often face challenges in testing features in isolation due to complex staging setups and the need to manage multiple release branches. This can lead to delays in feedback, increased coordination overhead, and higher cloud costs associated with maintaining persistent staging environments.
Solution
Shipyard provides a self-service platform for creating managed, ephemeral environments that automatically spin up with each pull request. By providing on-demand environments, Shipyard enables developers to test code changes in isolation, while product and QA teams can perform user acceptance testing and expedite the review process. The platform integrates with existing workflows through GitOps, allowing teams to use their existing Docker Compose or Kubernetes manifest YAML definitions. Shipyard automates the environment lifecycle, rebuilding environments on every code change and scaling resources to zero when not in use, resulting in significant cloud cost savings.
Target Audience
Shipyard primarily targets developers, product teams, and QA teams in organizations of all sizes who need to streamline their testing processes, improve developer velocity, and reduce cloud costs associated with pre-production environments.
Features
- Automated ephemeral environment creation on every pull request
- Integration with Docker Compose and Kubernetes manifests
- GitOps-enabled environment lifecycle management
- Support for CI/CD pipelines with templates for various CI providers
- Developer dashboard for monitoring, debugging, and deployment
- Role-based access control for developers, product, and QA teams
- API access for programmatic environment management
- Configurable "Since Last Visit" (SLV) settings to automatically scale down unused environments