CircleCI alternatives
As of 4 November 2026, 39 ci cd are named by companies instead of CircleCI: Jenkins by 6,457 companies, GitHub Actions by 6,089, GitLab CI/CD by 3,638.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- CircleCI, companies in postings
- 671
- Most used alternative
- Jenkins · 6,457
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- Jenkins
- Alternatives ranked
- 39
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
ci cd companies choose instead of CircleCI
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs CircleCI | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JenkinsContinuous Delivery Foundation | 6,457 | 962% | 27,488 | CircleCI vs Jenkins → | |
| 2 | GitHub ActionsMicrosoft | 6,089 | 907% | 16,950 | CircleCI vs GitHub Actions → | |
| 3 | GitLab CI/CDGitLab | 3,638 | 542% | 11,525 | CircleCI vs GitLab CI/CD → | |
| 4 | Argo CDCloud Native Computing Foundation | 2,387 | 356% | 5,952 | CircleCI vs Argo CD → | |
| 5 | Azure PipelinesMicrosoft | 549 | 82% | 1,155 | CircleCI vs Azure Pipelines → | |
| 6 | Atlassian BambooAtlassian | 521 | 78% | 1,297 | CircleCI vs Atlassian Bamboo → | |
| 7 | TeamCityJetBrains | 379 | 56% | 1,166 | CircleCI vs TeamCity → | |
| 8 | AWS CodePipelineAmazon Web Services | 365 | 54% | 668 | CircleCI vs AWS CodePipeline → | |
| 9 | fastlanefastlane | 267 | 40% | 554 | CircleCI vs fastlane → | |
| 10 | CopadoCopado | 266 | 40% | 660 | CircleCI vs Copado → | |
| 11 | Salesforce DXSalesforce | 260 | 39% | 516 | CircleCI vs Salesforce DX → | |
| 12 | HarnessHarness | 226 | 34% | 1,082 | CircleCI vs Harness → | |
| 13 | GearsetGearset | 214 | 32% | 399 | CircleCI vs Gearset → | |
| 14 | Google Cloud BuildGoogle | 201 | 30% | 595 | CircleCI vs Google Cloud Build → | |
| 15 | Octopus DeployOctopus Deploy | 192 | 29% | 389 | CircleCI vs Octopus Deploy → | |
| 16 | Bitbucket PipelinesAtlassian | 183 | 27% | 278 | CircleCI vs Bitbucket Pipelines → | |
| 17 | Flux CDCNCF | 179 | 27% | 348 | CircleCI vs Flux CD → | |
| 18 | AWS CodeBuildAmazon | 174 | 26% | 315 | CircleCI vs AWS CodeBuild → | |
| 19 | BitriseBitrise | 172 | 26% | 272 | CircleCI vs Bitrise → | |
| 20 | TestFlightApple | 153 | 23% | 232 | CircleCI vs TestFlight → | |
| 21 | Travis CITravis CI | 129 | 19% | 1,137 | CircleCI vs Travis CI → | |
| 22 | BuildkiteBuildkite | 120 | 18% | 305 | soon | |
| 23 | 119 | 18% | 376 | soon | ||
| 24 | AWS CodeDeployAmazon Web Services | 111 | 17% | 182 | soon | |
| 25 | TektonContinuous Delivery Foundation | 106 | 16% | 648 | soon | |
| 26 | SpinnakerSpinnaker | 105 | 16% | 312 | soon | |
| 27 | AtlantisAtlantis (Runatlantis) | 70 | 10% | 145 | soon | |
| 28 | Concourse CIConcourse | 66 | 10% | 151 | soon | |
| 29 | CloudBeesCloudBees | 62 | 9% | 180 | soon | |
| 30 | XL ReleaseDigital.ai | 54 | 8% | 205 | soon | |
| 31 | CodemagicNevercode | 36 | 5% | 38 | soon | |
| 32 | UrbanCode DeployIBM | 35 | 5% | 156 | soon | |
| 33 | XL DeployDigital.ai | 33 | 5% | 113 | soon | |
| 34 | GitLab RunnerGitLab | 32 | 5% | 71 | soon | |
| 35 | KargoAkuity | 29 | 4% | 75 | soon | |
| 36 | AutoRABITAutoRABIT | 27 | 4% | 85 | soon | |
| 37 | ScrewdriverYahoo | 27 | 4% | 84 | soon | |
| 38 | FlosumFlosum | 23 | 3% | 50 | soon | |
| 39 | CruiseControlThoughtWorks | 22 | 3% | 8 | soon |
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39 ci cd are named by companies instead of CircleCI: Jenkins by 6,457 companies, GitHub Actions by 6,089, GitLab CI/CD by 3,638, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/circleci/alternatives)
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- RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
- 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
- Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
CircleCI alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to CircleCI?
Jenkins: 6,457 companies name it in their own job postings, against 671 for CircleCI.
How is this list ranked?
By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.
Does this say which is better?
No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.
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