RubyCI vs CircleCI

Faster Ruby CI. Fixed price.

CircleCI charges per credit with unpredictable bills. RubyCI gives you fixed pricing, zero config, and built-in Ruby tools — all at a fraction of the cost.

Feature-by-feature comparison

CircleCI

Pricing & Setup
Fixed monthly pricing
Zero-config setup (2 min)
No per-seat pricing
Built-in Tools
RSpec parallel test splitting
SimpleCov code coverage
RubyCritic code quality
Brakeman security scanning
Bundler Audit dependency checks
Performance & Support
No queue wait times
Ruby/Rails optimized runners
Human support on every plan
2-minute migration

Why teams switch from CircleCI

CircleCI's credit-based pricing makes costs unpredictable. RubyCI gives you everything you need at a fixed rate.

Predictable billing

No more credit packs, overage charges, or surprise bills at the end of the month. One fixed price covers your entire team.

Faster builds out of the box

Ruby-optimized runners with pre-installed dependencies mean your builds start faster and run faster — no Docker layer caching tricks needed.

No config files to maintain

CircleCI requires complex .circleci/config.yml files with orbs and workflows. RubyCI auto-detects your project and runs — zero YAML needed.

Save 60%+ vs CircleCI

A typical 10-developer team on CircleCI spends $400-600/month on credits. With RubyCI, that same team pays $149/month — fixed.

CircleCI (10 devs)

~$500/mo

Usage-based credits, per-seat charges, variable costs every month. Performance plan required for parallelism.

RubyCI (10 devs)

$149/mo

Fixed price. Unlimited builds. Built-in parallelism, code coverage, security scanning, and code quality — all included.

Common questions

About 2 minutes. Connect your GitHub repo, and RubyCI auto-detects your Ruby/Rails project. No config files to write or migrate — just push code and your tests run.

Yes. RubyCI runs RSpec, Minitest, and Jest natively. Your existing tests work without modification. We also automatically split tests across parallel workers for faster results.

No. RubyCI doesn't use config files — it auto-detects your Gemfile, database setup, and test framework. You can delete your .circleci directory entirely.

RubyCI uses pre-built, Ruby-optimized environments with all common dependencies pre-installed. No Docker images to build or cache — your builds start immediately.

Absolutely. Many teams run both in parallel during a transition period. RubyCI connects to your GitHub repo independently — there's no conflict with existing CI providers.

Switch from CircleCI in 2 minutes.

Stop paying per credit. Get fixed pricing, faster builds, and built-in Ruby tools — free to start.