# Earthly vs Semaphore

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Semaphore

| Attribute | Earthly | Semaphore |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 42 (50% (medium)) | 62.5 (70% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under CI/CD Tools.","source":"https://earthly.dev/lunar/guardrails/ai/plans-dir-exists/claude/","question":"What is Earthly?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Earthly. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://earthly.dev/lunar/guardrails/ai/plans-dir-exists/claude/","question":"What platforms does Earthly support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Earthly, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://earthly.dev/lunar/guardrails/ai/plans-dir-exists/claude/","question":"Can Earthly be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for Earthly, including GitHub, Claude, OpenAPI and Swagger. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://earthly.dev/lunar/guardrails/ai/plans-dir-exists/claude/","question":"What does Earthly integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Earthly. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Earthly not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://earthly.dev","question":"What security certifications does Earthly have?","confidence":0.48}]` | `[{"answer":"An all-in-one continuous integration and delivery platform designed for modern cloud development, offering both open-source self-hosted and cloud-hosted options for building and deploying applications. It is indexed under CI/CD Tools.","source":"https://semaphore.io/","question":"What is Semaphore?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Semaphore offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.00. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://semaphore.io/","question":"Is Semaphore free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Semaphore. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://semaphore.io/blog/2013/03/07/semaphore-pricing-update-with-higher-plans.html","question":"What platforms does Semaphore support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Semaphore can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://semaphore.io/","question":"Can Semaphore be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and ISO 27001 for Semaphore. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Semaphore not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://semaphore.io/","question":"What security certifications does Semaphore have?","confidence":0.48}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A compliance and governance system that verifies code repositories meet organizational standards for security, reliability, quality, and compliance. It runs guardrails as code on every pull request and in AI coding workflows, integrating with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and GitHub Actions to provide real-time feedback and continuous audit trails. | A delivery platform that combines CI/CD capabilities with AI-driven features through a command-line interface. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","marketplace":true,"yaml_pipelines":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","matrix_builds":true,"yaml_pipelines":true,"container_native":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"OpenAPI"},{"name":"Swagger"},{"name":"GitHub Actions","native":true,"category":"ci","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Claude Code","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Cursor","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Codex","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Dependabot","native":true,"direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Renovate","native":true,"direction":"inbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Flowdock"}]` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"quote","sourceUrl":"https://earthly.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T13:10:33.508Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Compute - Ubuntu ARM","summary":"$0.003–$0.012/min depending on vCPU","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.003,"currency":"USD","specification":"2vCPU"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.006,"currency":"USD","specification":"4vCPU"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.012,"currency":"USD","specification":"8vCPU"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"concurrent_jobs":"20 by default"}},{"free":false,"name":"Compute - Ubuntu x64","summary":"$0.0075–$0.015/min depending on vCPU","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0075,"currency":"USD","specification":"2vCPU"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.015,"currency":"USD","specification":"4vCPU"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"concurrent_jobs":"20 by default"}},{"free":false,"name":"Compute - MacOS","summary":"$0.09/min","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.09,"currency":"USD","specification":"4vCPU"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"concurrent_jobs":"20 by default"}},{"free":false,"name":"Compute - Self-Hosted","summary":"$0.0025/min","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0025,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"concurrent_jobs":"contact for limits"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Dedicated Cache Server","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":400,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Private Docker Registry","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":400,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Support - Basic","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Support - Priority Response","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":250,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Support - SLA Standard","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Support - SLA Premium","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":750,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Success - Visibility","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":125,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Success - Performance","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":300,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Success - Scale","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1000,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Success - Alliance","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":2000,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Engineering Access","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":900,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":1250,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":2000,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Pay-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.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://semaphore.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T20:21:00.253Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.0025,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://earthly.dev/lunar/guardrails/compliance-docs/dr-plan-exists/dr-docs/ | - |

## Capabilities (CI/CD Tools)

| Capability | Earthly | Semaphore |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:04:48.396Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*