act vs CircleCI

Side-by-side comparison of act and CircleCI to help you choose the right tool.

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Feature act CircleCI
Pricing Free Free / $15-$2,000+/mo
Rating ⭐ 4.4/5 ⭐ 4.4/5
Categories ci-cd ci-cd
Local execution ✅ ❌
Docker-based ✅ ❌
Fast iteration ✅ ❌
Event simulation ✅ ❌
Secrets ✅ ❌
Matrix ✅ ❌
Docker layer caching ❌ ✅
Parallelism ❌ ✅
Orbs (reusable config) ❌ ✅
Insights dashboard ❌ ✅
Self-hosted option ❌ ✅
SSH debugging ❌ ✅

act

Run GitHub Actions locally

Try act →

CircleCI

Fast CI/CD platform with intelligent caching

Try CircleCI →
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