Drone

No phone app

6.6No. 19 of 52
in Continuous Integration Software

Recognised40% of the score71
Phone app26% of the score0
Documented20% of the score58
Free plan14% of the score30

Free plan: Yes
Paid plans from: $299/mo
Runs on: api, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows

Summary

Drone is ranked #19 of 52 in continuous integration software on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $299/mo.

Drone plans and pricing

All plans

Open Source Edition Free Free Apache 2.0 · single machine · embedded SQLite · lacks distributed and Kubernetes runners, organization and Vault secrets, cron scheduling, autoscaling, and extensions drone.io · 5 Oct 2026

Enterprise Edition $299/mo Starting at $299 per month Priced per developer · unlimited repositories · unlimited builds · unlimited servers · free for individuals, students, and organizations with under $1 million US dollars in annual gross revenue docs.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026

Compared on continuous integration software

Free plan: Yesdrone.io
Paid from: $299/modrone.io
Hosted option: Yesdrone.io
Self-hosted runners: Yesdrone.io
Pull request checks: Yesdrone.io
Pipeline configuration: yamldrone.io
Artifact or dependency cache: Yesdrone.io

Facts

Purpose: Drone is a self-service continuous integration platform for automating software builds and testing.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026
Pipelines: Pipelines are configured in a file committed to the Git repository, and each pipeline step runs inside an isolated Docker container.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026
Source control: Drone documents integrations with GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, Gitee, GitLab, Gogs, Gitea, Bitbucket Cloud, and Bitbucket Server.docs.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026
Plugins: The plugin marketplace describes community plugins for customizing continuous integration pipelines, including plugins for AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Slack, and other services.plugins.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026
Architecture: Drone uses a server and one or more standalone runners that poll the server for pipelines to execute.docs.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026
Deployment: Drone’s website says it installs from a single binary and scales automatically.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026
Security: Drone supports AES-GCM encryption for secrets stored in its database, but encryption must be enabled before secrets are stored.docs.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026
Configuration integrity: Drone can sign YAML configuration files and block a pipeline for manual approval if signature verification fails; Starlark and Jsonnet files cannot be signed and verified.docs.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026
API: Drone provides a remote API that uses access tokens for authorization and lists official Go, JavaScript, and Node libraries.docs.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026
Trial: The Enterprise Edition trial is free for up to 5000 builds.docs.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026
Support: Drone documentation directs users to its community forum and chatroom for questions and comments.docs.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026
Use case: The Open Source Edition is described as capable of complex pipelines and optimized for individuals and small teams.docs.drone.io · 5 Oct 2026