# Buildkite vs Flux CD

| Attribute | Buildkite | Flux CD |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59.1 (73% (medium)) | 55.5 (49% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 10 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 10 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 5,395 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A CI/CD platform providing flexible pipeline orchestration, automated test optimization, and supply chain security. Supports cloud-hosted and self-managed agents with built-in test analytics, package registries, and integrations across development tools. | Continuous delivery solution for Kubernetes that enables GitOps workflows through automatic reconciliation from Git. A CNCF Graduated project. |
| features.capabilities | `{"caching":true,"hosting":"both","marketplace":true,"matrix_builds":true,"yaml_pipelines":true,"container_native":true,"secrets_management":true,"deploy_environments":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","yaml_pipelines":true,"container_native":true,"secrets_management":true,"deploy_environments":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` |
| integrations.count | 35 | 25 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitHub Enterprise"},{"name":"Bitbucket Server"},{"name":"AWS ECR"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"AWS CloudFormation"},{"name":"AWS IAM"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"CircleCI"},{"name":"NPM"},{"name":"PyPI"},{"name":"RubyGems"},{"name":"Maven"},{"name":"Apt"},{"name":"RPM"},{"name":"Helm"},{"name":"Alpine"},{"name":"Jest"},{"name":"Mocha"},{"name":"Cypress"},{"name":"Playwright"},{"name":"Jasmine"},{"name":"Rspec"},{"name":"minitest"},{"name":"pytest"},{"name":"JUnit"},{"name":"Go"},{"name":"Rust"},{"name":".NET"},{"name":"Elixir"},{"name":"Swift"},{"name":"Android"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"AWS EKS"},{"name":"AWS KMS"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Azure Key Vault"},{"name":"Azure AKS"},{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"Azure Event Hubs"},{"name":"Google Cloud Artifact Registry"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Google Cloud Key Management Service"},{"name":"Google Kubernetes Engine"},{"name":"Google Cloud Pub/Sub"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Kustomize"},{"name":"Helm"},{"name":"Harbor"},{"name":"Flagger"},{"name":"OCI"},{"name":"SOPS"},{"name":"Cluster API"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"AU","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Personal","summary":"Free forever","features":["3 concurrent jobs","1 user","90-day build retention","250 managed tests","50k test executions/month","Community support"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individual developers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"1","storage_gb":"1","managed_tests":"250","concurrent_jobs":"3","build_retention_days":"90","artifact_retention_days":"30","test_executions_monthly":"50k","linux_vcpu_minutes_monthly":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$30/active user/month","features":["Unlimited concurrent jobs","Unlimited users","All Linux and Mac M4 agent sizes","Cache volumes","Git mirror volumes","SSO","Priority email support"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"active user","amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For scaling teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","storage_gb":"20","managed_tests":"unlimited","concurrent_jobs":"unlimited","build_retention_days":"365","artifact_retention_days":"90","test_executions_monthly":"unlimited","mac_vcpu_minutes_monthly":"3000","linux_vcpu_minutes_monthly":"4000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing, 30-user minimum","features":["SCIM/SAML/ADFS","Audit logs","Build exports","Pipeline templates","Premium support SLA"],"minSeats":30,"description":"For large organizations","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional agents","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"agent","amount":3.5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Managed tests (overage)","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"managed test","amount":0.1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier available. Pro from $30/user/month. Enterprise custom pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://buildkite.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:08:03.432Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://fluxcd.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T18:19:06.825Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | mid | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 50 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.44.0","date":"2026-07-21T04:41:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.44.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.43.0","date":"2026-04-21T13:24:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.43.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.42.0","date":"2025-10-16T14:03:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.42.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.41.0","date":"2025-04-02T11:48:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.41.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.40.0","date":"2024-12-17T09:46:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.40.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.39.0","date":"2024-11-26T12:09:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.39.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.38.0","date":"2024-07-30T13:43:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.38.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.37.0","date":"2024-03-26T13:45:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.37.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.36.1","date":"2024-03-06T08:16:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.36.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.36.0","date":"2024-02-07T19:45:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.36.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.35.0","date":"2023-11-30T15:39:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.35.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.34.0","date":"2023-10-04T10:30:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.33.0","date":"2023-08-29T14:56:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.33.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.32.0","date":"2023-07-14T10:29:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.32.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.31.0","date":"2023-05-10T17:08:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.30.0","date":"2023-04-12T15:26:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.29.0","date":"2023-02-21T09:01:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.28.0","date":"2023-01-26T12:25:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.28.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.27.0","date":"2022-12-16T10:17:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fluxcd/flagger/releases/tag/v1.26.0","date":"2022-11-23T14:57:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.26.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 8.8 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ffluxcd%2Fflagger&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (CI/CD Tools)

| Capability | Buildkite | Flux CD |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | 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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:16:52.490Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*