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Comparison

Buildkite vs Concourse CI

On the evidence we track, Buildkite leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Buildkite65
Concourse CI53
Score
vioscaleAI score
Buildkite65 / 100medium · 72%
Concourse CI53 / 100medium · 50%
Pricing
Free tier
Buildkite✓
Concourse CI✓
Model
Buildkitefreemium
Concourse CIopen_source
Price level
Buildkitelow
Concourse CIfree
Transparent
Buildkite✓
Concourse CI–
Integrations
Count
Buildkite25
Concourse CI4
Security
Certifications
BuildkiteSOC 2 Type I, SOC 2 Type II
Concourse CI–
Disclosure policy
Buildkite✓
Concourse CI–
Gdpr
Buildkite✓
Concourse CI–
Scorecard
Buildkite–
Concourse CI6.4
Soc2
Buildkite✓
Concourse CI–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Buildkite99.95
Concourse CI–
Status page
Buildkite✓
Concourse CI–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Buildkite–
Concourse CI22
Github stars
Buildkite–
Concourse CI7,916
Activity
Commits last 30d
Buildkite–
Concourse CI55
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 · Popular in US
Concourse CI–
Content
Faq
Buildkite7 items
Concourse CI4 items

Capabilities

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

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 continuous integration and deployment platform that automates software workflows with support for both cloud-hosted and self-managed build agents, test execution, and artifact management.

Independently observed

Concourse CI

An open-source Go-based system that executes containerized automation tasks, commonly used for continuous integration and delivery pipelines at any scale.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Buildkite

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free tier with 30-day all-access trial. Pro plan per active user/month. Enterprise with custom pricing. Metered usage for hosted agents ($0.004/Linux vCPU-min, $0.02-$0.24/Mac vCPU-min).

  • FreeFree
    • Up to 2,000 Linux vCPU minutes/month
    • Up to 250k test executions/month
    • Dynamic pipelines
    • Community support
    • 1 workflow
  • ProPer active user/month (amount not specified in source)
    • 4,000 Linux vCPU minutes/month included
    • 1M test executions/month
    • macOS agents access
    • Priority email support
    • 250k/month test history
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Full Buildkite platform access
    • 99.95% platform uptime SLA
    • Buildkite-hosted agents with remote Docker builders
    • Private container registry
    • Custom storage and retention policies
    • +8 more
as of verify ↗

Concourse CI

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Buildkite✓
Concourse CI✓
CLI
Buildkite✓
Concourse CI✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Buildkite✓
Concourse CI✓
Self-hosted
Buildkite✓
Concourse CI✓
Hybrid
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
48 total - 46 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
  • +22 more
Independently observed

Concourse CI

4 total - 2 not shared
  • Open Policy Agent
  • Git
Independently observed
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Buildkite or Concourse CI: which one depends on you

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