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As of 4 November 2026, 39 ci cd are named by companies instead of GitHub Actions: Jenkins by 6,457 companies, GitLab CI/CD by 3,638, Argo CD by 2,387.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

GitHub Actions, companies in postings
6,089
Most used alternative
Jenkins · 6,457
Fastest hiring, 90 days
Jenkins
Alternatives ranked
39
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
01 — Ranked by evidence

ci cd companies choose instead of GitHub Actions

Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.

#AlternativeCompaniescompaniesvs GitHub Actionspostings, 90 dCompare
1
JenkinsContinuous Delivery Foundation
6,457106%27,488GitHub Actions vs Jenkins →
2
3,63860%11,525GitHub Actions vs GitLab CI/CD →
3
Argo CDCloud Native Computing Foundation
2,38739%5,952GitHub Actions vs Argo CD →
4
CircleCICircleCI
67111%1,263GitHub Actions vs CircleCI →
5
5499%1,155GitHub Actions vs Azure Pipelines →
6
5219%1,297GitHub Actions vs Atlassian Bamboo →
7
TeamCityJetBrains
3796%1,166GitHub Actions vs TeamCity →
8
AWS CodePipelineAmazon Web Services
3656%668GitHub Actions vs AWS CodePipeline →
9
fastlanefastlane
2674%554GitHub Actions vs fastlane →
10
CopadoCopado
2664%660GitHub Actions vs Copado →
11
Salesforce DXSalesforce
2604%516GitHub Actions vs Salesforce DX →
12
HarnessHarness
2264%1,082GitHub Actions vs Harness →
13
GearsetGearset
2144%399GitHub Actions vs Gearset →
14
2013%595GitHub Actions vs Google Cloud Build →
15
Octopus DeployOctopus Deploy
1923%389GitHub Actions vs Octopus Deploy →
16
1833%278GitHub Actions vs Bitbucket Pipelines →
17
1793%348GitHub Actions vs Flux CD →
18
1743%315GitHub Actions vs AWS CodeBuild →
19
BitriseBitrise
1723%272GitHub Actions vs Bitrise →
20
1533%232GitHub Actions vs TestFlight →
21
Travis CITravis CI
1292%1,137GitHub Actions vs Travis CI →
22
BuildkiteBuildkite
1202%305soon
23
1192%376soon
24
AWS CodeDeployAmazon Web Services
1112%182soon
25
TektonContinuous Delivery Foundation
1062%648soon
26
SpinnakerSpinnaker
1052%312soon
27
AtlantisAtlantis (Runatlantis)
701%145soon
28
Concourse CIConcourse
661%151soon
29
CloudBeesCloudBees
621%180soon
30
XL ReleaseDigital.ai
541%205soon
31
CodemagicNevercode
361%38soon
32
UrbanCode DeployIBM
351%156soon
33
XL DeployDigital.ai
331%113soon
34
GitLab RunnerGitLab
321%71soon
35
KargoAkuity
290%75soon
36
AutoRABITAutoRABIT
270%85soon
37
ScrewdriverYahoo
270%84soon
38
FlosumFlosum
230%50soon
39
CruiseControlThoughtWorks
220%8soon
24,749 companies name a ci cd in their postings.

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39 ci cd are named by companies instead of GitHub Actions: Jenkins by 6,457 companies, GitLab CI/CD by 3,638, Argo CD by 2,387, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/github-actions/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.
FAQ

GitHub Actions alternatives: questions

What is the most used alternative to GitHub Actions?

Jenkins: 6,457 companies name it in their own job postings, against 6,089 for GitHub Actions.

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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