Comparison

CircleCI vs Spinnaker

On the evidence we track, CircleCI leads this comparison with a composite score of 76/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★CircleCI76

Spinnaker50

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	CircleCILeader	Spinnaker
vioscaleAI score	76 / 100medium · 74%	50 / 100low · 7%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	free
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$15	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	15	18
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	8,600	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	5 items
Hosting
Modelhosting.model	cloud	-

Score

vioscaleAI score

CircleCI76 / 100medium · 74%

Spinnaker50 / 100low · 7%

Pricing

Free tier

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker✓

Model

CircleCIfreemium

Spinnakeropen_source

Price level

CircleCImid

Spinnakerfree

Starting price

CircleCI$15

Spinnaker–

Transparent

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker–

Integrations

Count

CircleCI15

Spinnaker18

Security

Disclosure policy

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker–

Fedramp

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker–

Gdpr

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker–

Iso27001

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker–

Pci

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker–

Soc2

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker–

Reliability

Status page

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker–

Adoption

Stackoverflow questions

CircleCI8,600

Spinnaker–

Market

Availability

CircleCIAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Spinnaker–

Content

Faq

CircleCI8 items

Spinnaker5 items

Hosting

Model

CircleCIcloud

Spinnaker–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for CI/CD Tools
Capability	CircleCI	Spinnaker
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted
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

CircleCICloud + self-hosted

SpinnakerCloud + self-hosted

Self-hosted runners

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker✓

Core

Config-as-code pipelines

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker-

Matrix / parallel builds

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker-

Build

Container-native builds

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker✓

Performance

Build caching

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker-

Security

Secrets management

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker-

Delivery

Deployment environments & approvals

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker✓

Ecosystem

Reusable actions / marketplace

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker-

What each one is

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

CircleCI

Leader

A continuous integration and deployment service that automates software testing, building, and deployment across multiple compute environments, with intelligent workflow orchestration and parallel execution capabilities.

Independently observed

Spinnaker

An open-source platform that enables rapid and reliable software deployments across multiple cloud environments, providing continuous delivery capabilities for managing software releases.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

CircleCI

Leader

from $15/moUsage-basedFree tier

Free plan with 30k monthly credits. Performance plan starts at $15/month with usage-based pricing for additional credits.

FreeFree
- 30,000 free credits/month
- Docker, Windows, Linux, Arm, macOS environments
- Self-hosted runners
- Docker layer caching
- Deploys
- +3 more
Performance$15/month + $0.60 per 1,000 additional credits
- 30,000 free credits/month included
- All compute environments including GPU
- Docker layer caching
- Deploys
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- +4 more

as of 2026-09-22verify ↗

Spinnaker

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-09-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	CircleCI	Spinnaker
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker✓

CLI

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker✗

Self-hosted

CircleCI✓

Spinnaker✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

GitHub
Docker

CircleCI

Leader

18 total - 16 not shared

AWS
AWS ECS
AWS ECR
AWS EKS
AWS S3
AWS Lambda
Heroku
Netlify
OpenID Connect
Vault
GCP
Stripe
MCP
Firebase Distribution
Fastlane
Rollbar

Independently observed

Spinnaker

18 total - 16 not shared

Jenkins
Travis CI
Git
AWS EC2
Kubernetes
Google Compute Engine
Google Kubernetes Engine
Google App Engine
Microsoft Azure
OpenStack
Cloud Foundry
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
DC/OS
GitHub Teams
Google Groups
Azure Groups

Independently observed

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