GitHub Actions vs CircleCI: free tier limits side by side
The free tier limit rows of GitHub Actions and CircleCI, as each vendor's public page listed them. Data collected on 2026-10-05.
Each column keeps the order of that tool's own page. A row puts two items next to each other by position only: they are the same kind of limit only when the item names say so. This page ranks nothing and picks neither tool.
| GitHub Actions | CircleCI |
|---|---|
| Minutes (GitHub Free): 2,000 per month | Credits: 30,000 per month |
| Artifact storage (GitHub Free): 500 MB | Build minutes (small Docker): up to 6,000 |
| Cache storage (GitHub Free): 10 GB | Active users: up to 5 |
| Minutes (GitHub Pro): 3,000 per month | Concurrency: 30x |
| Public repositories: free | Storage: 2 GB |
| Self-hosted runners: free | Network: 1 GB |
| Open source credits (Linux, Arm, Docker): up to 400,000 per month |
Tool pages
Each tool page has the card and commercial use terms, the gotchas and the address of the vendor page that was read.
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