# CircleCI alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 144 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where CircleCI holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/circleci/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- GitHub Actions: 48
- GitLab CI/CD: 36
- Azure DevOps: 6
- GitHub: 2
- Azure Pipelines: 1
- Buildkite: 1

## CI/CD platforms

**Small business**: 28 of 84 answers did not name CircleCI (CircleCI is #3 of 10 at 3%).

- GitHub Actions: first choice in 20 of those 28
- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 2 of those 28

**Mid-market**: 50 of 84 answers did not name CircleCI (CircleCI is #3 of 13 at 0%).

- GitHub Actions: first choice in 20 of those 50
- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 9 of those 50

**Enterprise**: 66 of 84 answers did not name CircleCI (CircleCI is #4 of 12 at 5%).

- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 25 of those 66
- GitHub Actions: first choice in 8 of those 66
- Azure DevOps: first choice in 6 of those 66
- GitHub: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Azure Pipelines: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Buildkite: first choice in 1 of those 66
- CloudBees CI: first choice in 1 of those 66
- GitHub Actions on GitHub Enterprise Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 66

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.