Outgrowing Bulldozer?
Although Bulldozer is a solid open-source solution for auto-merging, chances are it will slow you down when your team and CI grows. Try Mergify for more advanced merging and smart CI workflows.
Why teams move beyond Bulldozer
Bulldozer
Mergify
Auto-merge PRs
Merge Queue
Parallel checks & batching
Flaky test handling
Auto-retry, quarantine tests, prevention
CI cost & speed control
Job cost tracking, batching to reduce runs
Merge templates
Custom commit messages
Priority rules
GitHub-native integration
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From fast-moving startups to well-known enterprises
Evaluate Mergify with ease
No need to make a decision right out of the gate. Just try and run Bulldozer & Mergify in parallel for a week to notice the benefits.
Send us your existing .bulldozer.yml
Drop your customized Mergify's config
Enable Merge Queue
Run side-by-side with Bulldozer for a week.
Switch fully when you're confident.
Ready to try? Get an extensive step-by-step in our guide
Migration guideBulldozer got us started, but as soon as we hit scale, our CI was constantly overloaded. We postponed but should have transitioned to Mergify earlier.
Jona Gistao
Senior Software Engineer at CloudRail
We previously used Bulldozer but with Mergify's Merge Queue we cut our CI runs by 40% and we got really good visibility into flaky tests.
Rohit Malhotra
DevOps Engineer at Stackline
Real teams, real results
Engineering teams we helped merge faster, safer, and cheaper
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