Harness CI
vs.
CircleCI
UPDATEd ON
25 Nov
2024
How does
CircleCI
compare?
Solution
Open Source Version
Free and Paid
Free and Paid
Hosting Options
SaaS and On-Premise
SaaS and On-Premise
GitHub Stars
26200
1500
Plugins
5000+
2500+
(called "Orbs")
Declarative Pipeline Yaml
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Pricing Model
Per use, Per minute for hosted builds
Per use and pipeline minute
Build & Test
Containerized Pipelines
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Parallel Builds
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Fully-Managed Builds
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Test Intelligence
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
Manual Tests Splitting
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Automatic Tests Splitting
<yes><yes>
<with><with>
Cache Intelligence
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
Config-as-Code
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Pipeline Notifications
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Remote Docker Layer Caching
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Custom Variables
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Source Code Management
GitHub
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
GitHub Enterprise
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
GitLab
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
GitLab On-Premise
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Bitbucket Cloud
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Bitbucket Server
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
Azure DevOps
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
Integrations
Drone Plugins
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
GitHub Actions
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
Bitrise Steps
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
Security & Governance
Secrets Management
<yes><yes>
Vault/KMS/3rd party
<with><with>
Policy as Code (OPA)
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Native RBAC
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
Full Audit Trails
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
IP Whitelisting
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Encryption at Rest
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
SAML
<yes><yes>
<with><with>
SCIM
<yes><yes>
<with><with>
Reporting and Metrics
DORA Metrics OOTB
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
Customizable Dashboards
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
Centralized Pipeline Visibility
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
Platform Support
Cloud-Native App Support
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Traditional App Support
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Multi-Platform
<yes><yes><yes><yes>
(Linux/Windows/MacOS)
<yes><yes><yes><yes>
(Linux/Windows/MacOS)
Ease of Use
Self-Service (Simple)
<yes><yes>
<with><with>
Visual Pipeline Editor
<yes><yes>
<no><no>
Code Editor
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Administrative
Expert support, 24x7 available
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Documentation
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Developer Hub
<yes><yes>
<yes><yes>
Detailed feature comparison
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