Comparison

Concourse CI vs Nx

No leader: the top candidate Nx has only 0.30 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Concourse CI53
Nx59
Score
vioscaleAI score
Concourse CI53 / 100medium · 50%
Nx59 / 100low · 30%
Pricing
Free tier
Concourse CI✓
Nx✓
Model
Concourse CIopen_source
Price level
Concourse CIfree
Nxmid
Starting price
Concourse CI–
Nx$29
Transparent
Concourse CI–
Nx✓
Integrations
Count
Concourse CI4
Nx18
Reliability
Status page
Concourse CI–
Nx✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Concourse CI22
Nx–
Github stars
Concourse CI7,916
Nx–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Concourse CI55
Nx–
Release
Cadence days
Concourse CI20
Nx–
History
Concourse CI20 items
Nx–
License
Spdx
Concourse CIApache-2.0
Nx–
Language
Primary
Concourse CIGo
Nx–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Concourse CI4 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

Nx

Nx is a build system and CI platform optimized for monorepos and polyglot codebases. It accelerates builds through intelligent caching and task deduplication, distributes work across machines, and provides integrated CI with security features.

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

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Nx

from $29/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans from $29/month with usage-based add-ons.

  • HobbyFree
    • 50,000 monthly credits
    • 5 complimentary contributors
    • 10 concurrent CI connections
    • All Nx Agents resource types
    • Basic analytics
    • +1 more
  • Team$29/month
    • All Hobby features
    • $29 monthly usage credit included
    • Email support
    • Additional credits at $5.50 per 10,000
    • Additional contributors at $19 each
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Team features
    • Conformance rules and circular dependency detection
    • Cross-repository visibility
    • CI observability and premium analytics
    • Dedicated support with SLAs
    • +3 more
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Concourse CI✓
Nx✓
CLI
Concourse CI✓
Nx✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Concourse CI✓
Nx✓
Self-hosted
Concourse CI✓
Nx✓
On-premise
Concourse CI✗
Nx✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Concourse CI

4 total - 3 not shared
  • Open Policy Agent
  • Git
  • Docker
Independently observed

Nx

25 total - 24 not shared
  • Cursor
  • GitHub Copilot
  • JetBrains
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab
  • Azure DevOps
  • Bitbucket
  • VS Code
  • JetBrains IntelliJ
  • Claude
  • Vite
  • Webpack
  • Jest
  • ESLint
  • Gradle
  • Vitest
  • Maven
  • .NET
  • Go
  • Angular
  • React
  • Python
  • Rust
  • PHP
Independently observed
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