Codemagic vs Venelx
Codemagic
codemagic.io
Venelx
venelx.comSide by side
| Figure | Codemagic | Venelx |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1/mo | $49/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 3 |
| Spec score · Mobile CI/CD Software | 9.0 (#4) | 7.7 (#16) |
| Integrations | The integrations catalog includes GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gerrit, Google Play, GitHub Releases, Firebase App Distribution, Firebase Test Lab, Huawei AppGallery, Gradle and self-hosted repositories. | Venelx supports GitHub repository checkout, reads eas.json build profile hints, and offers an MCP server for Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible assistants. |
| Security | Builds run in virtual machines that are destroyed after completion, and the security statement says build data is cleaned when a build finishes except artifacts available in build logs and for download. | Venelx says secrets are encrypted at rest, and its self-hosted workers make outbound connections without opening inbound ports. |
| Support | The free individual plan includes community support, while the enterprise plan includes priority support. | The maker says support and configuration migration assistance are handled directly by its solo founder; Enterprise includes priority support. |
Plans
Codemagic
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Pay as you goFree
- React Native CodePush pay as you go$1 a month
- React Native CodePush fixed$99 a month
- Fixed price$3,990 a year
- Fixed price M2$3,990 a year
- Fixed price M4$5,400 a year
- Fixed price M4 Max$9,000 a year
- Enterprise$12,000 a year
In their own words
Codemagic
Codemagic is a cloud-based CI/CD service for building, testing, and deploying mobile apps. It supports Flutter, React Native, native iOS and Android, Unity, Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile,.NET MAUI, and Ionic projects. Builds can start after code pushes, tag creation, or merged pull requests, with workflows for development, testing, and production distribution. Deployment can be automated to the Apple App Store, Google Play, Microsoft Store, and Huawei App Gallery.
The service provides code-signing identity management and Apple Developer portal integration. Its integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, BrowserStack, AWS Device Farm, Firebase, Slack, and SonarCloud; self-hosted repositories can connect with HTTPS or SSH. Builds run in virtual machines that are destroyed after completion. The maker says build data is cleaned when a build finishes, except for artifacts available in logs or for download. The free plan costs nothing and includes 500 monthly build minutes for one team member, one parallel build, and a 120-minute build duration limit. Fixed-price plans are $3,990 a year, and Enterprise starts at $12,000 a year.
Venelx
Venelx is a CI/CD platform for Expo and React Native mobile apps, with build pipelines for iOS and Android. Users can configure Expo prebuild, xcodebuild, and Gradle steps, store artifacts, and follow logs in a dashboard. The maker says cloud builds run on physical Apple Silicon M4 hardware. Venelx also supports over-the-air updates alongside native builds, GitHub repository checkout, eas.json build profile hints, and an MCP server for Claude, Cursor, and other compatible assistants. Teams can group repositories into projects, invite members, and manage environment variables and signing credentials per project. Pro users can run self-hosted workers on Mac, Linux, or Windows; those workers auto-update and roll back if an update fails its health check. The free plan includes 30 builds per month, up to three projects, 3 GB of artifact storage, and one concurrent build. Pro costs $49 a month and includes 500 builds per month, up to 25 projects, 30 GB of storage, two concurrent builds, self-hosted worker support, and Slack/Discord alerts. Enterprise has custom limits and dedicated runner infrastructure, but no price is listed.