Comparison

Buildkite vs Concourse CI

On the evidence we track, Buildkite leads this comparison with a composite score of 59/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Buildkite full profile →Concourse CI full profile →

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★Buildkite59

Concourse CI53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	BuildkiteLeader	Concourse CI
Vioscale score	59 / 100medium · 73%	53 / 100low · 38%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	35	4
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	5.8
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fconcourse%2Fconcourse&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	22
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	7,893
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	47
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	20
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ AU	-

Score

Vioscale score

Buildkite59 / 100medium · 73%

Concourse CI53 / 100low · 38%

Pricing

Free tier

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI–

Model

Buildkitefreemium

Concourse CIcommercial

Price level

Buildkitemid

Concourse CI–

Transparent

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI–

Integrations

Count

Buildkite35

Concourse CI4

Security

Disclosure policy

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI–

Gdpr

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI–

Scorecard

Buildkite–

Concourse CI5.8

Soc2

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI–

Vulnerabilities

Buildkite–

Concourse CICount: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fconcourse%2Fconcourse&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Buildkite–

Concourse CI22

Github stars

Buildkite–

Concourse CI7,893

Activity

Commits last 30d

Buildkite–

Concourse CI47

Release

Cadence days

Buildkite–

Concourse CI20

History

Buildkite–

Concourse CI20 items

License

Spdx

Buildkite–

Concourse CIApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Buildkite–

Concourse CIGo

Market

Availability

BuildkiteAvailable worldwide · HQ AU

Concourse CI–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ci/cd tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for CI/CD Tools
Capability	Buildkite	Concourse CI
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Self-hosted only
Self-hosted runners	✓	✓
Core
Config-as-code pipelines	✓	✓
Matrix / parallel builds	✓	-
Build
Container-native builds	✓	✓
Performance
Build caching	✓	-
Security
Secrets management	✓	-
Delivery
Deployment environments & approvals	✓	-
Ecosystem
Reusable actions / marketplace	✓	-

Deployment

Hosting

BuildkiteCloud + self-hosted

Concourse CISelf-hosted only

Self-hosted runners

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI✓

Core

Config-as-code pipelines

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI✓

Matrix / parallel builds

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI-

Build

Container-native builds

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI✓

Performance

Build caching

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI-

Security

Secrets management

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI-

Delivery

Deployment environments & approvals

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI-

Ecosystem

Reusable actions / marketplace

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Buildkite

Leader

A CI/CD platform providing flexible pipeline orchestration, automated test optimization, and supply chain security. Supports cloud-hosted and self-managed agents with built-in test analytics, package registries, and integrations across development tools.

Independently observed

Concourse CI

Not documented yet.

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Buildkite

Leader

from $30/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free tier available. Pro from $30/user/month. Enterprise custom pricing.

PersonalFree
- 3 concurrent jobs
- 1 user
- 90-day build retention
- 250 managed tests
- 50k test executions/month
- +1 more
Pro$30/active user/month
- Unlimited concurrent jobs
- Unlimited users
- All Linux and Mac M4 agent sizes
- Cache volumes
- Git mirror volumes
- +2 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- SCIM/SAML/ADFS
- Audit logs
- Build exports
- Pipeline templates
- Premium support SLA

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Concourse CI

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Buildkite	Concourse CI
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI✓

Linux

Buildkite✗

Concourse CI✓

CLI

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI✗

Self-hosted

Buildkite✓

Concourse CI✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)

GitHub
Docker

Buildkite

Leader

35 total - 33 not shared

GitHub Enterprise
Bitbucket Server
AWS ECR
AWS S3
AWS CloudFormation
AWS IAM
AWS CloudWatch
Kubernetes
Jenkins
CircleCI
NPM
PyPI
RubyGems
Maven
Apt
RPM
Helm
Alpine
Jest
Mocha
Cypress
Playwright
Jasmine
Rspec
+9 more

Independently observed

Concourse CI

4 total - 2 not shared

Open Policy Agent
Git

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.