Drone
Continuous integration platform with API-driven automation and Docker build support
- Also known as
- drone
Available worldwide
What is Drone?
A CI/CD server featuring a web interface, programmatic API, auto-scaling instance management, and extensibility through Docker builds and custom runners.
Drone pricing
We don't have Drone's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Drone does
The capabilities that matter for ci/cd tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Self-hosted runners
- ✓
- Config-as-code pipelines
- ✓
- Matrix / parallel builds
- -
- Container-native builds
- ✓
- Build caching
- -
- Secrets management
- ✓
- Deployment environments & approvals
- ✓
- Reusable actions / marketplace
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Self-hosted
Integrations (7)
Independently observed- GitHub
- GitHub Enterprise
- Bitbucket
- GitLab
- Docker
- MySQL
- Source code management systems•
Drone FAQ
Common questions about Drone, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Drone?
Drone is a continuous integration server that provides a unified interface for multiple source control management systems, supports Docker image building and publishing, includes customizable runner infrastructure with automatic scaling, and enables pipeline configuration through code. It is indexed under CI/CD Tools.
Source: https://www.drone.io
Is Drone free?
Drone offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.drone.io
What platforms does Drone support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Drone. 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://www.drone.io
Can Drone be self-hosted?
Yes. Drone can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.drone.io
What does Drone integrate with?
We have confirmed 5 integrations for Drone, including GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, Docker and MySQL. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.drone.io
Where is Drone available?
Drone is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.
Source: https://www.drone.io
Drone alternatives
Other ci/cd tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- CircleCICI/CD automation platform for building, testing, and deploying code with workflow automation and cachinghigh · 75%
- GitHub ActionsWorkflow automation service for building, testing, and deploying code within GitHubmedium · 74%
- BuildkiteA CI/CD platform that enables unlimited parallel builds with dynamic pipeline automation and intelligent test managementmedium · 73%
- Argo CDA GitOps tool for managing application deployment and lifecycle on Kubernetes through declarative configurationlow · 43%
- TurborepoBuild system that optimizes development workflows through caching and concurrent task executionlow · 37%
- SemaphoreContinuous integration and deployment platformmedium · 70%
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Drone, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.04 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Price level | 100 | 0.03 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.04 | 1.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.04 | 0.6 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.18 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 63% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: both · Marketplace: Yes · Yaml pipelines: Yes · Container native: Yes · Secrets management: Yes · Deploy environments: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-13 · 75% |
Pricing
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