Compare Azure Pipelines and CircleCI 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (38.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (45.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$0.00 Per Month
Azure Pipelines
Star Rating
(367)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (38.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(508)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (45.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 Per Month
Browse all 4 pricing plansAzure Pipelines vs CircleCI
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found CircleCI easier to use and set up. However, both products were equally easy to administer, and both vendors make it equally easy to do business overall.
- Azure Pipelines and CircleCI both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Azure Pipelines is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Azure Pipelines over CircleCI.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Azure Pipelines
No pricing availableCircleCI
FREE
$0.00
Per Month
Do more with your minutes.
- Up to 6,000 build minutes per month
- Largest selection: Build for Docker, Windows, Linux, Arm, and macOS or on your own compute with self-hosted runners
- Build better: Choose the right resource class size (S–L) to go fast and maximize your build minutes
Free Trial
Azure Pipelines
No trial information availableCircleCI
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
300
8.8
444
Ease of Use
8.3
304
8.5
446
Ease of Setup
8.3
138
8.4
169
Ease of Admin
8.3
111
8.3
163
Quality of Support
8.3
261
8.2
321
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
106
8.6
134
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
297
7.9
441
Features by Category
Administration
8.7
40
Not enough data
8.6
39
Not enough data
8.7
39
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
42
Not enough data
8.1
37
Not enough data
8.2
34
Not enough data
8.9
41
Not enough data
8.1
25
Not enough data
Processes
9.2
46
Not enough data
9.0
40
Not enough data
8.4
38
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
33
8.7
54
9.2
35
8.5
59
8.6
32
8.1
51
Management
9.0
35
8.5
60
8.4
33
7.7
47
9.2
35
8.7
59
Agentic AI - Continuous Delivery
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
ServiceNow Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - ServiceNow Store Apps
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
8.6
32
8.9
19
8.5
34
9.0
20
8.5
33
8.7
19
Functionality
9.1
36
9.0
23
9.0
35
9.0
23
8.7
33
8.8
20
Processes
9.1
35
8.8
23
8.9
32
8.9
22
9.4
33
9.1
22
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
77
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
67
|
Verified
Management
Not enough data
8.8
72
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
77
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
61
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Azure Pipelines and CircleCI are categorized as DevOps Platforms and Continuous Delivery
Unique Categories
Azure Pipelines is categorized as Application Release Orchestration and ServiceNow Store Apps
CircleCI is categorized as Continuous Integration and Build Automation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Azure Pipelines
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
CircleCI
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
29.2%
Computer Software
24.9%
Financial Services
4.8%
Internet
2.3%
Airlines/Aviation
2.0%
Other
36.8%
Computer Software
26.5%
Information Technology and Services
17.6%
Internet
10.1%
Financial Services
4.4%
Marketing and Advertising
3.2%
Other
38.2%
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