Akuity Platform vs GoCD
Akuity Platform
akuity.ioGoCD
gocd.orgSide by side
| Figure | Akuity Platform | GoCD |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $495/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Continuous Delivery Software | 8.5 (#6) | 8.6 (#4) |
| Integrations | The product page names Argo CD, Terraform, Ansible, Slack, Jira, and monitoring tools as integrations or visibility channels. | GoCD has a plugin architecture and its plugin catalog includes integrations for Docker, AWS S3, Kubernetes, LDAP/AD, GitHub, Slack, and other tools. |
| Security | Akuity lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, PCI DSS 4.0.1, HIPAA-aligned controls, CSA STAR Level 1, and GDPR alignment. | The 26.1.0 release notes describe fixes for API authorization bypasses and cross-site scripting, and recommend upgrading to that version. |
| Support | Enterprise includes premium support and a dedicated account manager; the pricing page lists a real-time support channel as an Enterprise-only feature. | A GoCD project status post says commercial support ended in December 2020 and that there has been no commercial or enterprise support offering since January 2021. |
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In their own words
Akuity Platform
Akuity Platform has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
GoCD
GoCD is an open-source server for continuous delivery and release automation. Its Value Stream Map follows changes from commit to deployment, showing upstream causes and downstream effects while allowing users to navigate jobs. Workflow models can coordinate dependencies and parallel execution, and traceability tools compare files and commit messages across builds. GoCD can pass a once-built binary through pipeline stages, run cross-platform tests in parallel, and report the changeset and platform where a test failure began. It supports delivery workflows for Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and other cloud environments; Kubernetes use can include dynamically scaled agents. Plugins connect external tools, with catalog options for Docker Registry, S3 artifacts, Kubernetes agents, and secrets managers. The project is self-hosted, free under the Apache License, Version 2.0, and offers packages for Windows, macOS, Debian, RPM, and ZIP, plus Docker and Kubernetes/Helm options. New installations do not require authentication. GoCD 26.1.0 requires Java 21 as its minimum supported version.