Earthly vs Semaphore
On the evidence we track, Semaphore leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ci/cd tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
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.
Semaphore
LeaderAn all-in-one continuous integration and delivery system that enables teams to automate testing and deployment workflows. It supports containerized and cloud-native architectures and can be deployed as a managed cloud service or self-hosted.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Semaphore
LeaderPay-per-minute metered compute: $0.0025/min (self-hosted) to $0.09/min (MacOS). Includes 20 concurrent jobs, $15/month free credits, 9.6 GB cache, and free support. Optional modular support and success services.
- Compute - Ubuntu ARM$0.003–$0.012/min depending on vCPU
- Compute - Ubuntu x64$0.0075–$0.015/min depending on vCPU
- Compute - MacOS$0.09/min
- Compute - Self-Hosted$0.0025/min
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Earthly
- GitHub
- Claude
- OpenAPI
- Swagger
Semaphore
Leader- Flowdock
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