Zero Budget Series 1: Free CI/CD Tools

Hi, I am a backend developer and my purpose is to create an automated deployment system for my lab environment. I will improve this environment according to my needs. I have a repository on Git Hub. I will figure out how to deploy this to somewhere fully free. These are the all CI/CD tools I could find.

Free and Open Source

• Jenkins(you need a server to deploy this first)
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI/CD
• Travis CI
• CircleCI
• GoCD
• Concourse

Paid

• Azure DevOps Services
• Bamboo
• TeamCity
• CodeShip
• Bitbucket Pipelines

Special Needs

• Spinnaker
• Argo CD
• Tekton

Some tools are providing both ci and cd. But some of them are providing only ci or cd this is what their specialties. So I am not DevOps my purpose is a free lab environment so I will go with GitHub Actions.

GitHub Actions

• 2000 min/monthly free usage if you are over you have to wait until the next or pay.

GitLab CI/CD

• 400 min/monthly free usage

CircleCI

• 1000 min/monthly free usage

Bitbucket Pipelines

• 50 min/monthly free usage

Azure DevOps

• 1800 min/monthly free usage

Jenkins is open source and free to use but it has operational costs(you have to deploy on somewhere)