What is 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.
GoCD 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.
Open Source
FreeApache License 2.0, sponsored by Thoughtworks Inc.
What GoCD 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
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (7)
Independently observed- Kubernetes
- Docker
- AWS
- GitHub
- Git
- Atlassian Stash
- Gerrit
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
GoCD alternatives
Other ci/cd tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Travis CIAutomated testing and deployment platform for developerslow · 19%
- GitHub ActionsA platform for automating software development workflows with CI/CD built directly into GitHub repositoriesmedium · 74%
- Argo CDlow · 43%
- CircleCIAutomated testing and deployment platform that validates code continuously and keeps software delivery pipelines running with minimal manual intervention.medium · 73%
- SemaphoreA fast, open-source platform for automating software builds and deploymentsmedium · 71%
- Semaphore CImedium · 62%
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 GoCD, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 63 | 0.11 | 6.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 50 | 0.07 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Security score | 39 | 0.08 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Stars | 73 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 27 | 0.07 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 26 | 0.05 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.18 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.15 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.05 | 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 · 2026-08-26 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: both · Marketplace: Yes · Matrix builds: Yes · Container native: Yes · Self hosted runners: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 7 | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Java | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 95% |