On the recordRead 5 Oct 202612 facts
Drone
Plans and prices
Open Source Edition
Free
Apache 2.0 · single machine · embedded SQLite · lacks distributed and Kubernetes runners, organization and Vault secrets, cron scheduling, autoscaling, and extensions
Read 5 Oct 2026 · drone.io
Enterprise Edition
$299a month
Priced per developer · unlimited repositories · unlimited builds · unlimited servers
Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.drone.io
On the record
- API
- Drone provides a remote API that uses access tokens for authorization and lists official Go, JavaScript, and Node libraries.docs.drone.io · read 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 · read 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 · read 5 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Drone’s website says it installs from a single binary and scales automatically.drone.io · read 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 · read 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 · read 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Drone is a self-service continuous integration platform for automating software builds and testing.drone.io · read 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 · read 5 Oct 2026
- Source control
- Drone documents integrations with GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, Gitee, GitLab, Gogs, Gitea, Bitbucket Cloud, and Bitbucket Server.docs.drone.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- Drone documentation directs users to its community forum and chatroom for questions and comments.docs.drone.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The Enterprise Edition trial is free for up to 5000 builds.docs.drone.io · read 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 · read 5 Oct 2026
