GitHub Actions comparisons
GitHub Actions is compared head-to-head with GitLab CI/CD, TeamCity and CircleCI and more: 7 head-to-heads in Continuous Integration Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
GitHub Actions head-to-head
- GitHub Actions vs GitLab CI/CD
- GitHub Actions vs TeamCity
- GitHub Actions vs CircleCI
- GitHub Actions vs Bitbucket Pipelines
- GitHub Actions vs Jenkins
- GitHub Actions vs Buildkite
- GitHub Actions vs Semaphore
GitHub Actions vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Hosted option | Self-hosted runners | Parallel jobs | Included build minutes | Pull request checks | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GitHub Actions | Yes | $4/user/mo | Yes | Yes | 60 jobs | 3000 min/mo | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | GitLab CI/CD | Yes | $29/user/mo | Yes | Yes | 10000 min/mo | Yes | 9.3 | |
| 3 | TeamCity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.1 | |||
| 4 | CircleCI | Yes | $15/mo | Yes | Yes | 80 jobs | Yes | 9.0 | |
| 5 | Bitbucket Pipelines | Yes | $3.65/user/mo | Yes | Yes | 600 jobs | 2500 min/mo | Yes | 8.9 |
| 6 | Jenkins | Yes | Free | No | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | ||
| 7 | Buildkite | Yes | $30/user/mo | Yes | Yes | 10 jobs | 4000 min/mo | Yes | 8.7 |
| 8 | Semaphore | Yes | $0.0025/unit usage-based | Yes | Yes | 20 jobs | Yes | 8.6 |
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