Comparison

Earthly 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.

Earthly full profile →GitHub Actions full profile →

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Earthly40

★GitHub Actions72

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Earthly	GitHub ActionsLeader
Vioscale score	40 / 100medium · 52%	72 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	unknown	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	4	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
Content
Faqcontent.faq	-	7 items
Hosting
Modelhosting.model	-	cloud

Score

Vioscale score

Earthly40 / 100medium · 52%

GitHub Actions72 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

Earthly–

GitHub Actions✓

Model

Earthlycommercial

GitHub Actionsfreemium

Price level

Earthlyunknown

GitHub Actionslow

Transparent

Earthly–

GitHub Actions✓

Integrations

Count

Earthly4

GitHub Actions17

Security

Disclosure policy

Earthly–

GitHub Actions✓

Gdpr

Earthly–

GitHub Actions✓

Iso27001

Earthly–

GitHub Actions✓

Soc2

Earthly✓

GitHub Actions✓

Reliability

Status page

Earthly✓

GitHub Actions✓

Adoption

Stackoverflow questions

Earthly–

GitHub Actions42,000

Market

Availability

Earthly–

GitHub ActionsAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Earthly–

GitHub Actions7 items

Hosting

Model

Earthly–

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	Earthly	GitHub Actions
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud 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

EarthlyCloud only

GitHub ActionsCloud + self-hosted

Self-hosted runners

Earthly-

GitHub Actions✓

Core

Config-as-code pipelines

Earthly✓

GitHub Actions✓

Matrix / parallel builds

Earthly-

GitHub Actions✓

Build

Container-native builds

Earthly-

GitHub Actions✓

Performance

Build caching

Earthly-

GitHub Actions✓

Security

Secrets management

Earthly-

GitHub Actions✓

Delivery

Deployment environments & approvals

Earthly-

GitHub Actions✓

Ecosystem

Reusable actions / marketplace

Earthly✓

GitHub Actions✓

What each one is

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

Earthly

A governance platform that automates enforcement of engineering standards, policies, and compliance requirements as guardrails in pull requests and CI/CD workflows. Provides real-time visibility into code quality, testing, deployment practices, and other development lifecycle metrics across teams and services.

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.

Earthly

Quote-based

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

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	Earthly	GitHub Actions
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Earthly✓

GitHub Actions✓

CLI

Earthly✗

GitHub Actions✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Earthly✓

GitHub Actions✓

Self-hosted

Earthly✗

GitHub Actions✓

On-premise

Earthly✗

GitHub Actions✓

Hybrid

Earthly✗

GitHub Actions✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Claude

Earthly

4 total - 3 not shared

GitHub
OpenAPI
Swagger

Independently observed

GitHub Actions

Leader

17 total - 16 not shared

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

Independently observed

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