At a glance
- CircleCI is listed under CI/CD, alongside Bitrise, Buildkite and Codemagic.
- CircleCI has a free plan.
- CircleCI's lowest paid plan is Performance at $15 per month, starting at, as of October 23, 2026.
- CircleCI's pricing model: usage-based.
- CircleCI is available on CLI and API.
- CircleCI works with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Docker Hub, Kubernetes and others.
- CircleCI's main features: Smarter Testing, Docker layer caching, Self-hosted runner, Private orbs, Config policies, Insights.
- CircleCI's website lists SOC 2 and SSO.
- CircleCI has a public API.
- CircleCI can be self-hosted.
Facts from circleci.com, checked October 23, 2026.
AI summary
The summary writes itself once 5 people have reviewed this tool.
It's built only from what reviewers say: who it's best for, who should think twice, and what comes up again and again.
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