Comparison

Codefresh vs GitHub Actions

On the evidence we track, GitHub Actions leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Codefresh full profile →GitHub Actions full profile →

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Codefresh40

★GitHub Actions72

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Codefresh	GitHub ActionsLeader
Vioscale score	40 / 100low · 23%updating	72 / 100medium · 74%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	17
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	-	42,000
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ AU	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	-	7 items
Hosting
Modelhosting.model	-	cloud

Score

Vioscale score

Codefresh40 / 100low · 23%updating

GitHub Actions72 / 100medium · 74%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Codefresh✓

GitHub Actions✓

Model

Codefreshfreemium

GitHub Actionsfreemium

Price level

Codefresh–

GitHub Actionslow

Transparent

Codefresh–

GitHub Actions✓

Integrations

Count

Codefresh7

GitHub Actions17

Security

Disclosure policy

Codefresh–

GitHub Actions✓

Gdpr

Codefresh–

GitHub Actions✓

Iso27001

Codefresh–

GitHub Actions✓

Soc2

Codefresh–

GitHub Actions✓

Reliability

Status page

Codefresh✓

GitHub Actions✓

Adoption

Stackoverflow questions

Codefresh–

GitHub Actions42,000

Market

Availability

CodefreshAvailable worldwide · HQ AU

GitHub ActionsAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Codefresh–

GitHub Actions7 items

Hosting

Model

Codefresh–

GitHub Actionscloud

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for CI/CD Tools
Capability	Codefresh	GitHub Actions
Deployment
Hosting	-	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

Codefresh-

GitHub ActionsCloud + self-hosted

Self-hosted runners

Codefresh-

GitHub Actions✓

Core

Config-as-code pipelines

Codefresh✓

GitHub Actions✓

Matrix / parallel builds

Codefresh-

GitHub Actions✓

Build

Container-native builds

Codefresh✓

GitHub Actions✓

Performance

Build caching

Codefresh-

GitHub Actions✓

Security

Secrets management

Codefresh-

GitHub Actions✓

Delivery

Deployment environments & approvals

Codefresh-

GitHub Actions✓

Ecosystem

Reusable actions / marketplace

Codefresh✓

GitHub Actions✓

What each one is

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

Codefresh

A CI/CD platform acquired by Octopus Deploy that automates build and deployment pipelines for Kubernetes environments. Codefresh CI continues to operate as a managed service within the Octopus portfolio, though the standalone GitOps Cloud offering was discontinued.

Independently observed

GitHub Actions

Leader

GitHub Actions enables developers to automatically build, test, and deploy code from their repositories. It supports parallel matrix builds across multiple environments, integrates with thousands of community-contributed actions, and can be extended with custom workflows written in declarative YAML.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Codefresh

Pricing not documented yet.

GitHub Actions

Leader

from $4/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free tier available. Paid plans from $4/user/month.

FreeFree
- Unlimited public/private repositories
- Dependabot security and version updates
- 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month
- 500MB Packages storage
- Issues & Projects
- +1 more
Team$4/user/month
- Everything in Free
- GitHub Codespaces access
- Repository rules and branch protection
- Multiple reviewers in pull requests
- Draft pull requests
- +7 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Team
- Advanced security and compliance features
- Flexible deployment options

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Codefresh	GitHub Actions
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Codefresh✓

GitHub Actions✓

CLI

Codefresh✗

GitHub Actions✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Codefresh✓

GitHub Actions✓

Self-hosted

Codefresh✗

GitHub Actions✓

On-premise

Codefresh✗

GitHub Actions✓

Hybrid

Codefresh✗

GitHub Actions✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Azure

Codefresh

7 total - 6 not shared

ServiceNow
Jira Service Management
GitHub
TeamCity
Jenkins
Datadog

Independently observed

GitHub Actions

Leader

17 total - 16 not shared

Jira
npm
Docker
GitHub Packages
GitHub Pages
CodeQL
Slack
AWS
Google Cloud
Kubernetes
TruffleHog
Prowler
Gosec
Super-Linter
Claude
OpenCommit

Independently observed

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