Comparison

Drone vs Woodpecker CI

On the evidence we track, Woodpecker CI leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Drone53
Woodpecker CI60
Score
Vioscale score
Drone53 / 100low · 19%
Woodpecker CI60 / 100low · 43%
Pricing
Free tier
Drone
Woodpecker CI
Model
Dronefree
Woodpecker CIopen_source
Price level
Dronefree
Woodpecker CIfree
Transparent
Drone
Woodpecker CI
Integrations
Count
Drone6
Woodpecker CI
Adoption
Dependent repos
Drone
Woodpecker CI4
Github stars
Drone
Woodpecker CI7,753
Activity
Commits last 30d
Drone
Woodpecker CI100
Release
Cadence days
Drone
Woodpecker CI23
History
Drone
Woodpecker CI20 items
License
Spdx
Drone
Woodpecker CIApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Drone
Woodpecker CIGo
Market
Availability
Woodpecker CI

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Drone

Self-service continuous integration platform for automating software build and testing with Docker-containerized pipelines.

Independently observed

Woodpecker CI

Leader

An open source continuous integration and deployment platform that uses Docker containers to execute pipeline steps on self-hosted distributed agents. It supports multiple workflows, dynamic scaling, and extensibility through a plugin ecosystem.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Drone

FreeFree tier
as of verify ↗

Woodpecker CI

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Drone
Woodpecker CI
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Drone
Woodpecker CI
Self-hosted
Drone
Woodpecker CI

Integrations

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

Drone

6 total
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • Bitbucket
  • GitLab
  • Docker
  • MySQL
Independently observed

Woodpecker CI

Leader

Not documented yet.

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