Comparison

Concourse CI 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.

Concourse CI full profile →GitHub Actions full profile →

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Concourse CI53

★GitHub Actions72

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Concourse CI	GitHub ActionsLeader
Vioscale score	53 / 100low · 38%	72 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	4	17
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
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	-
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	-	42,000
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
Content
Faqcontent.faq	-	7 items
Hosting
Modelhosting.model	-	cloud

Score

Vioscale score

Concourse CI53 / 100low · 38%

GitHub Actions72 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

Concourse CI–

GitHub Actions✓

Model

Concourse CIcommercial

GitHub Actionsfreemium

Price level

Concourse CI–

GitHub Actionslow

Transparent

Concourse CI–

GitHub Actions✓

Integrations

Count

Concourse CI4

GitHub Actions17

Security

Disclosure policy

Concourse CI–

GitHub Actions✓

Gdpr

Concourse CI–

GitHub Actions✓

Iso27001

Concourse CI–

GitHub Actions✓

Scorecard

Concourse CI5.8

GitHub Actions–

Soc2

Concourse CI–

GitHub Actions✓

Vulnerabilities

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

GitHub Actions–

Reliability

Status page

Concourse CI–

GitHub Actions✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Concourse CI22

GitHub Actions–

Github stars

Concourse CI7,893

GitHub Actions–

Stackoverflow questions

Concourse CI–

GitHub Actions42,000

Activity

Commits last 30d

Concourse CI47

GitHub Actions–

Release

Cadence days

Concourse CI20

GitHub Actions–

History

Concourse CI20 items

GitHub Actions–

License

Spdx

Concourse CIApache-2.0

GitHub Actions–

Language

Primary

Concourse CIGo

GitHub Actions–

Market

Availability

Concourse CI–

GitHub ActionsAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Concourse CI–

GitHub Actions7 items

Hosting

Model

Concourse CI–

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	Concourse CI	GitHub Actions
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	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

Concourse CISelf-hosted only

GitHub ActionsCloud + self-hosted

Self-hosted runners

Concourse CI✓

GitHub Actions✓

Core

Config-as-code pipelines

Concourse CI✓

GitHub Actions✓

Matrix / parallel builds

Concourse CI-

GitHub Actions✓

Build

Container-native builds

Concourse CI✓

GitHub Actions✓

Performance

Build caching

Concourse CI-

GitHub Actions✓

Security

Secrets management

Concourse CI-

GitHub Actions✓

Delivery

Deployment environments & approvals

Concourse CI-

GitHub Actions✓

Ecosystem

Reusable actions / marketplace

Concourse CI-

GitHub Actions✓

What each one is

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

Concourse CI

Not documented yet.

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.

Concourse CI

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	Concourse CI	GitHub Actions
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Concourse CI✓

GitHub Actions✓

Linux

Concourse CI✓

GitHub Actions✗

CLI

Concourse CI✓

GitHub Actions✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Concourse CI✗

GitHub Actions✓

Self-hosted

Concourse CI✓

GitHub Actions✓

On-premise

Concourse CI✗

GitHub Actions✓

Hybrid

Concourse CI✗

GitHub Actions✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Docker

Concourse CI

4 total - 3 not shared

Open Policy Agent
GitHub
Git

Independently observed

GitHub Actions

Leader

17 total - 16 not shared

Jira
npm
GitHub Packages
GitHub Pages
CodeQL
Slack
AWS
Azure
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.