GitHub Actions vs Jenkins

Both are CI/CD & DevOps automation tools. Here's how their key features, pricing and fit line up, from each vendor's own site.

Feature GitHub Actions Category leader Jenkins Category leader
PricingFree planFree
Best forSoftware teams of any size that already host their code on GitHub and want CI/CD without a separate tool.Engineering teams of any size that want a free, self-hosted CI server and can maintain their own build infrastructure.
Team size1–500+ people2–500+ people
Pipeline as code YesYes
Parallel and cached builds Not listedYes
Managed build runners YesNot listed
Deployment automation Not listedNot listed
Secrets management YesYes
Approval gates Not listedYes
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