Microsoft Azure vs CircleCI
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| Microsoft Azure | CircleCI | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | Cloud Computing Services | Microsoft Azure azure.microsoft.com | CircleCI keeps your code tested, trusted, and ready to ship 24/7 with minimal human oversight. circleci.com |
| Starting at | Not observed | $15 Performance / month free plan listed |
| Platforms | Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu azure.microsoft.com | Arm, Docker, Linux, Windows, macOS, self hosted runners circleci.com |
| Deployment | Not observed | Cloud, Runner (hybrid), Server (on-prem) circleci.com |
| Integrations | Not observed | Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, HashiCorp Vault, Heroku, GitHub CLI circleci.com |
| Compliance | Not observed | SOC 2 support.circleci.com |
| Free plan | Yes azure.microsoft.com | Yes circleci.com |
| Plans | Azure reservations, Azure savings plan for compute, Azure azure.microsoft.com | Free, Performance, Scale, Premium circleci.com |
| Pricing basis | pay only for the cloud resources you use and scale as you grow. azure.microsoft.com | Credits are the currency of CircleCI. circleci.com |
Where they differ
- CircleCI claims SOC 2 on its own pages; Microsoft Azure’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
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