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Comparison

Concourse CI vs GitLab CI/CD

No clear leader: GitLab CI/CD (56.0) and Concourse CI (52.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Concourse CI full profile →GitLab CI/CD full profile →
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Concourse CI53
GitLab CI/CD56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Concourse CI53 / 100low · 49%
GitLab CI/CD56 / 100medium · 66%
Pricing
Free tier
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CD✓
Model
Concourse CIcommercial
GitLab CI/CDfreemium
Price level
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CDlow
Transparent
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CD✗
Integrations
Count
Concourse CI4
GitLab CI/CD4
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CD✓
Fedramp
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CD✓
Gdpr
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CD✓
Iso27001
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CD✓
Pci
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CD✓
Scorecard
Concourse CI6.1
GitLab CI/CD2.2
Soc2
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CD✓
Trust center
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CDhttps://about.gitlab.com/security/
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CD✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Concourse CI22
GitLab CI/CD0
Github stars
Concourse CI7,898
GitLab CI/CD24,537
Activity
Commits last 30d
Concourse CI52
GitLab CI/CD100
Release
Cadence days
Concourse CI20
GitLab CI/CD–
History
Concourse CI20 items
GitLab CI/CD–
License
Spdx
Concourse CIApache-2.0
GitLab CI/CD–
Language
Primary
Concourse CIGo
GitLab CI/CDRuby
Market
Availability
Concourse CI–
GitLab CI/CDAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Concourse CI4 items
GitLab CI/CD6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Concourse CI

An automation system that runs containerized workloads and scales from simple to complex pipelines. It emphasizes declarative YAML configuration, idempotency, immutability, and reproducible builds with stateless workers.

Independently observed

GitLab CI/CD

An integrated platform combining source control, continuous integration/deployment, and built-in security scanning to automate the entire software delivery lifecycle with support for both cloud and self-hosted deployments.

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.

GitLab CI/CD

HybridFree tier

Free tier available. Annual subscription for Premium/Ultimate with included AI credits. Pay-as-you-go credits available beyond included allotment.

  • FreeFree
  • Premium-
  • Ultimate-
  • GitLab DedicatedContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Concourse CI✓
GitLab CI/CD✓
Linux
Concourse CI✓
GitLab CI/CD✗
CLI
Concourse CI✓
GitLab CI/CD✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Concourse CI✓
GitLab CI/CD✓
Self-hosted
Concourse CI✓
GitLab CI/CD✓
On-premise
Concourse CI✗
GitLab CI/CD✓
Hybrid
Concourse CI✗
GitLab CI/CD✓
Air-gapped
Concourse CI✗
GitLab CI/CD✓

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

GitLab CI/CD

8 total - 7 not shared
  • AWS Marketplace
  • Google Cloud Marketplace
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Kubernetes
  • LDAP
  • OAuth
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Concourse CI or GitLab CI/CD: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

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