Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is GitLab CI/CD?
GitLab is an end-to-end DevOps platform with AI-powered capabilities across the entire software lifecycle, including source code management, CI/CD, security, and compliance. It supports both cloud and self-hosted deployment models.
GitLab CI/CD pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier available. Premium from $29/user/month billed annually. Ultimate custom pricing.
Free
FreeFor individuals working on personal projects and open source contributions
- storage
- 10 GiB
- licensed_users
- 5
- compute_minutes
- 400/month
- Source Code Management
- CI/CD
Premium
For scaling organizations seeking enhanced productivity and collaboration
- licensed_users
- Unlimited
- compute_minutes
- 10,000/month
- gitlab_credits_user_month
- $12
- Unlimited licensed users
- Advanced CI/CD
- Team Project Management
- SLA Management
- Priority Support
- GitLab Duo Agent Platform
Ultimate
Contact salesFor enterprises requiring advanced security and compliance capabilities
- guest_users
- Unlimited
- compute_minutes
- 50,000/month
- gitlab_credits_user_month
- $24
- Everything from Premium
- Application Security Testing
- Software Supply Chain Security
- Vulnerability Management
- Strategic Portfolio Management
- Value Stream Management
- Compliance and Governance
- GitLab Duo Agent Platform
Add-ons
- Additional GitLab Credits
- Compute Minutes
- Storage
What GitLab CI/CD 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- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- Jira
- OpenAI Codex
- Claude Code
GitLab CI/CD alternatives
Other ci/cd tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale 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 GitLab CI/CD, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Posture | 75 | 0.21 | 15.5 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 63 | 0.13 | 8.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.11 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 100 | 0.05 | 4.8 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 83 | 0.03 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 50 | 0.03 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.06 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Release Cadence | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
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.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 24,513 | highsource · 2026-07-31 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"hosting":"both","deploy_environments":true,"self_hosted_runners":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Ruby | highsource · 2026-07-31 · 90% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | {"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]} | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 50% |