# Drone vs Nx

| Attribute | Drone | Nx |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 52.8 (19% (low)) | 62.3 (29% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Self-service continuous integration platform for automating software build and testing with Docker-containerized pipelines. | Nx Cloud is a remote caching and CI optimization platform for monorepos that accelerates build pipelines through distributed task execution and intelligent artifact caching. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","marketplace":true,"yaml_pipelines":true,"container_native":true,"secrets_management":true,"deploy_environments":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` | `{"caching":true,"hosting":"both","marketplace":true,"container_native":true,"secrets_management":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitHub Enterprise"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"MySQL"}]` | `[{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"GitHub Copilot"},{"name":"JetBrains"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.drone.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T18:17:03.047Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","summary":"Free forever","features":["50,000 credits monthly reset","5 complimentary contributors","10 concurrent CI connections","All Nx Agents resource types","Basic analytics","Community support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free tier for individual developers and small teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"50k/month","contributors":"5","concurrent_ci_connections":"10"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$19/contributor/month + $5.50 per 10k credits + $2.25/CI connection/month","features":["Everything in Hobby","Email support","Pay-as-you-go for additional contributors, credits, and CI connections"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"contributor","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":10000,"unit":"credits"},"kind":"metered","amount":5.5,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"concurrent CI connection","amount":2.25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Usage-based team plan with pay-as-you-go pricing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing with full feature set","features":["Everything in Team plan","Conformance rules","Circular dependency detection","Cross-repo visibility","CI observability","Premium analytics","Dedicated support with SLAs","Isolated & self-hosted deployment","Volume credit discounts","SSO/SAML","Docker layer caching","Multi-workspace governance","Advanced CI analytics","On-premises deployment"],"description":"Custom enterprise plan with advanced features and dedicated support","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional Contributors","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"contributor","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Additional Credits","components":[{"per":{"qty":10000,"unit":"credits"},"kind":"metered","amount":5.5,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Additional CI Connections","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"concurrent CI connection","amount":2.25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free Hobby tier with 50k credits/month. Team plan from $19/contributor/month with metered usage. Enterprise with custom pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://nx.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T18:16:51.850Z","startingPrice":{"amount":2.25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | free | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |

## Capabilities (CI/CD Tools)

| Capability | Drone | Nx |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T17:17:06.647Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*