AI Index / Self-hosted CI/CD platforms

Best Self-hosted CI/CD platforms

What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about self-hosted ci/cd platforms — measured weekly across 3 engines, published as open data.

Updated 2026-08-02 · 49 sampled answers · rolling 4-week window · methodology

Rankings are measured from sampled AI answers — never editorial, never paid. Orbator builds AI-visibility tooling; when Orbator itself appears in any category, it is measured by the same rules as everyone else.

Updated weekly49 samples3 enginesmethodology

Sample: 49 AI answers · Window: Jul 5, 2026Aug 2, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (29 answers)

What is the best self-hosted ci/cd platforms?

Across 49 sampled AI answers from 3 engines, GitLab is recommended most often — appearing in 85.7% of recommendations, followed by Jenkins (83.7%) and Kubernetes (61.2%).

This is a measurement of share of voice across 3 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.

#ProductShareTrendEngines
1
GitLab

gitlab.com

Best for: AI recommends GitLab most when buyers ask best self-hosted CI/CD platform for a team that wants full control over build runners (100% of those answers)

85.7%

95% CI 73.392.9%

42 mentions · avg pos 4.9

first pick 31%

GEMINI 85.7%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 90.5%
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2
Jenkins

jenkins.io

Best for: AI recommends Jenkins most when buyers ask best open-source CI/CD tool for a company that processes sensitive code on-premise (100% of those answers)

83.7%

95% CI 7191.5%

41 mentions · avg pos 3.9

first pick 39%

GEMINI 76.2%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 95.2%
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3
Kubernetes

kubernetes.io

Best for: AI recommends Kubernetes most when buyers ask open-source CI/CD alternatives to popular hosted pipeline services with high runner minute costs (88.9% of those answers)

61.2%

95% CI 47.273.6%

30 mentions · avg pos 6.1

first pick 3.3%

GEMINI 57.1%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 66.7%
Claim
4
GitLab CI

Best for: AI recommends GitLab CI most when buyers ask open-source CI/CD alternatives to popular hosted pipeline services with high runner minute costs (100% of those answers)

51%

95% CI 37.564.4%

25 mentions · avg pos 4.1

first pick 20%

GEMINI 66.7%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 28.6%
Claim
5
Tekton

Best for: AI recommends Tekton most when buyers ask best open-source CI/CD tool for a company that processes sensitive code on-premise (66.7% of those answers)

44.9%

95% CI 31.958.7%

22 mentions · avg pos 4.4

first pick 4.5%

GEMINI 33.3%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 61.9%
Claim
6
Docker

docker.com

Best for: AI recommends Docker most when buyers ask how do I set up a self-hosted CI/CD pipeline for a monorepo with multiple services (88.9% of those answers)

40.8%

95% CI 28.254.8%

20 mentions · avg pos 5.9

first pick 25%

GEMINI 42.9%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 33.3%
Claim
7
Drone

Best for: AI recommends Drone most when buyers ask lightweight open-source CI/CD alternatives to heavy enterprise build platforms (88.9% of those answers)

36.7%

95% CI 24.750.7%

18 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 22.2%

GEMINI 28.6%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 42.9%
Claim
8
GoCD

Best for: AI recommends GoCD most when buyers ask open-source CI/CD alternatives to popular hosted pipeline services with high runner minute costs (77.8% of those answers)

32.7%

95% CI 21.246.6%

16 mentions · avg pos 4.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 33.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 38.1%
Claim
9
Woodpecker

woodpecker.co

Best for: AI recommends Woodpecker most when buyers ask lightweight open-source CI/CD alternatives to heavy enterprise build platforms (66.7% of those answers)

28.6%

95% CI 17.842.4%

14 mentions · avg pos 3.7

first pick 14.3%

GEMINI 9.5%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 38.1%
Claim
10
Gitea

gitea.io

Best for: AI recommends Gitea most when buyers ask lightweight open-source CI/CD alternatives to heavy enterprise build platforms (55.6% of those answers)

28.6%

95% CI 17.842.4%

14 mentions · avg pos 5.8

first pick 7.1%

GEMINI 33.3%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
11
TeamCity

jetbrains.com

Best for: AI recommends TeamCity most when buyers ask best self-hosted CI/CD platform for a team that wants full control over build runners (77.8% of those answers)

26.5%

95% CI 16.240.3%

13 mentions · avg pos 3.6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 33.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 23.8%
Claim
12
Buildkite

buildkite.com

Best for: AI recommends Buildkite most when buyers ask best self-hosted CI/CD platform for a team that wants full control over build runners (66.7% of those answers)

26.5%

95% CI 16.240.3%

13 mentions · avg pos 5.5

first pick 7.7%

GEMINI 19%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 28.6%
Claim
13
Woodpecker CI

woodpecker-ci.org

Best for: AI recommends Woodpecker CI most when buyers ask lightweight open-source CI/CD alternatives to heavy enterprise build platforms (55.6% of those answers)

24.5%

95% CI 14.638.1%

12 mentions · avg pos 2.6

first pick 16.7%

GEMINI 4.8%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 33.3%
Claim
14
Concourse

concourse-ci.org

Best for: AI recommends Concourse most when buyers ask open-source CI/CD alternatives to popular hosted pipeline services with high runner minute costs (88.9% of those answers)

24.5%

95% CI 14.638.1%

12 mentions · avg pos 5.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 33.3%PERPLEXITY 23.8%
Claim
15
Concourse CI

Best for: AI recommends Concourse CI most when buyers ask open-source CI/CD alternatives to popular hosted pipeline services with high runner minute costs (77.8% of those answers)

22.4%

95% CI 1335.9%

11 mentions · avg pos 5.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 33.3%PERPLEXITY 19%
Claim
16
Drone CI

Best for: AI recommends Drone CI most when buyers ask lightweight open-source CI/CD alternatives to heavy enterprise build platforms (88.9% of those answers)

20.4%

95% CI 11.533.6%

10 mentions · avg pos 2.9

first pick 30%

GEMINI 19%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
17
CircleCI

circleci.com

Best for: AI recommends CircleCI most when buyers ask best self-hosted CI/CD platform for a team that wants full control over build runners (44.4% of those answers)

20.4%

95% CI 11.533.6%

10 mentions · avg pos 4.9

first pick 10%

GEMINI 28.6%PERPLEXITY 19%
Claim
18
Argo CD

argoproj.github.io

Best for: AI recommends Argo CD most when buyers ask open-source CI/CD alternatives to popular hosted pipeline services with high runner minute costs (55.6% of those answers)

18.4%

95% CI 1031.4%

9 mentions · avg pos 6.4

first pick 0%

GEMINI 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
19
OneDev

12.2%

95% CI 5.724.2%

6 mentions · avg pos 7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 19%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
20
Forgejo

forgejo.org

Best for: AI recommends Forgejo most when buyers ask open-source CI/CD alternatives to popular hosted pipeline services with high runner minute costs (55.6% of those answers)

12.2%

95% CI 5.724.2%

6 mentions · avg pos 7.2

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
21
Northflank

northflank.com

Best for: AI recommends Northflank most when buyers ask best self-hosted CI/CD platform for a team that wants full control over build runners (55.6% of those answers)

10.2%

95% CI 4.421.8%

5 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 23.8%
Claim
22
Artifactory

jfrog.com

Best for: AI recommends Artifactory most when buyers ask what self-hosted CI/CD solution works best for an air-gapped enterprise environment (44.4% of those answers)

8.2%

95% CI 3.219.2%

4 mentions · avg pos 5.5

first pick 25%

GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
23
Spinnaker

spinnaker.io

Best for: AI recommends Spinnaker most when buyers ask open-source CI/CD alternatives to popular hosted pipeline services with high runner minute costs (44.4% of those answers)

8.2%

95% CI 3.219.2%

4 mentions · avg pos 7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 19%
Claim
24
Bazel

Best for: AI recommends Bazel most when buyers ask how do I set up a self-hosted CI/CD pipeline for a monorepo with multiple services (44.4% of those answers)

8.2%

95% CI 3.219.2%

4 mentions · avg pos 9

first pick 25%

GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
25
Nexus

Best for: AI recommends Nexus most when buyers ask what self-hosted CI/CD solution works best for an air-gapped enterprise environment (33.3% of those answers)

8.2%

95% CI 3.219.2%

4 mentions · avg pos 10.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
26
Pieces for Developers

pieces.app

Best for: AI recommends Pieces for Developers most when buyers ask best self-hosted CI/CD platform for a team that wants full control over build runners (33.3% of those answers)

8.2%

95% CI 3.219.2%

4 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 19%
Claim
27
Laminar CI

Best for: AI recommends Laminar CI most when buyers ask lightweight open-source CI/CD alternatives to heavy enterprise build platforms (33.3% of those answers)

6.1%

95% CI 2.116.5%

3 mentions · avg pos 4.5

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
28
Buildbot

6.1%

95% CI 2.116.5%

3 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%
Claim
29
Travis CI

travis-ci.com

Best for: AI recommends Travis CI most when buyers ask self-hosted CI/CD for a startup vs enterprise — what platforms scale across both (33.3% of those answers)

6.1%

95% CI 2.116.5%

3 mentions · avg pos 6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
30
Flux CD

6.1%

95% CI 2.116.5%

3 mentions · avg pos 7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%
Claim
31
Devtron

devtron.ai

Best for: AI recommends Devtron most when buyers ask open-source CI/CD alternatives to popular hosted pipeline services with high runner minute costs (33.3% of those answers)

6.1%

95% CI 2.116.5%

3 mentions · avg pos 7.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
32
Harbor

6.1%

95% CI 2.116.5%

3 mentions · avg pos 14.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
33
Dev.to

dev.to

Best for: AI recommends Dev.to most when buyers ask self-hosted CI/CD for a startup vs enterprise — what platforms scale across both (44.4% of those answers)

6.1%

95% CI 2.116.5%

3 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
34
Hevo

hevodata.com

Best for: AI recommends Hevo most when buyers ask lightweight open-source CI/CD alternatives to heavy enterprise build platforms (44.4% of those answers)

6.1%

95% CI 2.116.5%

3 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
35
ONES Project

ones.com

Best for: AI recommends ONES Project most when buyers ask what self-hosted CI/CD solution works best for an air-gapped enterprise environment (55.6% of those answers)

6.1%

95% CI 2.116.5%

3 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
36
Octopus Deploy

octopus.com

Best for: AI recommends Octopus Deploy most when buyers ask lightweight open-source CI/CD alternatives to heavy enterprise build platforms (33.3% of those answers)

6.1%

95% CI 2.116.5%

3 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
37
Opsgenie

atlassian.com

Best for: AI recommends Opsgenie most when buyers ask lightweight open-source CI/CD alternatives to heavy enterprise build platforms (33.3% of those answers)

6.1%

95% CI 2.116.5%

3 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
38
Microsoft

microsoft.com

4.1%

95% CI 1.113.7%

2 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
39
Crow CI

4.1%

95% CI 1.113.7%

2 mentions · avg pos 3.5

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
40
Semaphore CE

4.1%

95% CI 1.113.7%

2 mentions · avg pos 4.5

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
41
SourceForge

sourceforge.net

Best for: AI recommends SourceForge most when buyers ask lightweight open-source CI/CD alternatives to heavy enterprise build platforms (33.3% of those answers)

4.1%

95% CI 1.113.7%

2 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
42
Act

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions · avg pos 1

first pick 100%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
43
Helm

helm.sh

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions · avg pos 1

first pick 100%

CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
44
Drone CI/CD

drone.io

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions · avg pos 2

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
45
Buddy

buddy.works

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
46
CloudBees

cloudbees.com

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions · avg pos 4

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
47
HashiCorp

hashicorp.com

Best for: AI recommends HashiCorp most when buyers ask best open-source CI/CD tool for a company that processes sensitive code on-premise (44.4% of those answers)

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions · avg pos 4

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
48
Bitbucket Server

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
49
Kraken CI

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
50
Actions Runner Controller

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions · avg pos 8

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
51
Vault by HashiCorp

vaultproject.io

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions · avg pos 16

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
52
Slack

slack.com

Best for: AI recommends Slack most when buyers ask how do I set up a self-hosted CI/CD pipeline for a monorepo with multiple services (33.3% of those answers)

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions · avg pos 37

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
53
Airbyte

airbyte.com

Best for: AI recommends Airbyte most when buyers ask lightweight open-source CI/CD alternatives to heavy enterprise build platforms (33.3% of those answers)

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
54
CredHub

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
55
Harden-Runner

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
56
Harness FME

harness.io

Best for: AI recommends Harness FME most when buyers ask self-hosted CI/CD for a startup vs enterprise — what platforms scale across both (33.3% of those answers)

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
57
OpenAlternative

openalternative.co

Best for: AI recommends OpenAlternative most when buyers ask open-source CI/CD alternatives to popular hosted pipeline services with high runner minute costs (33.3% of those answers)

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
58
Pulumi Self-Hosted

pulumi.com

Best for: AI recommends Pulumi Self-Hosted most when buyers ask what self-hosted CI/CD solution works best for an air-gapped enterprise environment (33.3% of those answers)

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
59
RunsOn

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
60
Spacelift

spacelift.io

Best for: AI recommends Spacelift most when buyers ask open-source CI/CD alternatives to popular hosted pipeline services with high runner minute costs (44.4% of those answers)

2%

95% CI 0.410.7%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim

Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 49 sampled answers, so each row also shows its 95% CI — the Wilson score interval around that share. When two products' intervals overlap, the gap between them isn't statistically meaningful at this sample size. First pick is the share of a product's recommending answers where it was named first, which separates “always mentioned” from “usually the top recommendation”. Full methodology.

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