Comparison

GoCD 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.

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GoCD50

★Semaphore68

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	GoCD	SemaphoreLeader
Vioscale score	50 / 100medium · 50%	68 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	1
Security
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	3.9	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=cd.go.plugin%3Ago-plugin-api&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	41	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	7,430	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	90	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	-

Score

Vioscale score

GoCD50 / 100medium · 50%

Semaphore68 / 100medium · 71%

Pricing

Free tier

GoCD✓

Semaphore✓

Model

GoCDopen_source

Semaphorefreemium

Price level

GoCDfree

Semaphorelow

Transparent

GoCD–

Semaphore✓

Integrations

Count

GoCD7

Semaphore1

Security

Iso27001

GoCD–

Semaphore✓

Pci

GoCD–

Semaphore✓

Scorecard

GoCD3.9

Semaphore–

Soc2

GoCD–

Semaphore✓

Vulnerabilities

GoCDCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=cd.go.plugin%3Ago-plugin-api&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Semaphore–

Reliability

Status page

GoCD–

Semaphore✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

GoCD41

Semaphore–

Github stars

GoCD7,430

Semaphore–

Activity

Commits last 30d

GoCD100

Semaphore–

Release

Cadence days

GoCD90

Semaphore–

History

GoCD20 items

Semaphore–

License

Spdx

GoCDApache-2.0

Semaphore–

Language

Primary

GoCDJava

Semaphore–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for CI/CD Tools
Capability	GoCD	Semaphore
Deployment
Hosting	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

GoCDCloud + self-hosted

Semaphore-

Self-hosted runners

GoCD✓

Semaphore✓

Core

Config-as-code pipelines

GoCD-

Semaphore✓

Matrix / parallel builds

GoCD✓

Semaphore✓

Build

Container-native builds

GoCD✓

Semaphore✓

Performance

Build caching

GoCD-

Semaphore-

Security

Secrets management

GoCD-

Semaphore-

Delivery

Deployment environments & approvals

GoCD-

Semaphore-

Ecosystem

Reusable actions / marketplace

GoCD✓

Semaphore-

What each one is

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

GoCD

A self-hosted server for building and automating complex deployment pipelines with built-in workflow visualization, multi-stage orchestration, and detailed change tracking across the deployment lifecycle.

Independently observed

Semaphore

Leader

An 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.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

GoCD

Open sourceFree tier

Open SourceFree

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Semaphore

Leader

from $0.00/moUsage-basedFree tier

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.

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

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	GoCD	Semaphore
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

GoCD✓

Semaphore✓

macOS

GoCD✓

Semaphore✗

Windows

GoCD✓

Semaphore✗

Linux

GoCD✓

Semaphore✗

CLI

GoCD✓

Semaphore✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

GoCD✓

Semaphore✓

Self-hosted

GoCD✓

Semaphore✓

Integrations

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

GoCD

7 total

Kubernetes
Docker
AWS
GitHub
Git
Atlassian Stash
Gerrit

Independently observed

Semaphore

Leader

1 total

Flowdock

Independently observed

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