# Practical Comparison Between the CI/CD Platforms Azure DevOps and GitHub
## 6 Pricing and Cost Considerations
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{p{56.9 pt} p{56.9 pt} p{56.9 pt} p{56.9 pt} p{56.9 pt}} \hline \hline
**Category** & **Subcategory** & **Azure DevOps** & **GitHub** & **Remarks** \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Pricing Models} & \multirow{2}{*}{Free Tier} & Free for up to 5 users (basic features) & Free for unlimited public/private repositories (limited CI/CD minutes) & GitHub’s free tier is more generous for small teams and open-source projects. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Pay-Per-User} & \multirow{2}{*}{Yes (keyond five users)} & Yes (Team and Enterprise plans) & Azure DevOps charges per user; GitHub bundles features in tiered plans. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Modular Pricing} & \multirow{3}{*}{Modular Pricing} & Yes (pay for individual services like Pipelines, Test Plans, and Artifacts) & No (bundled features in tiers) & Azure DevOps offers more flexibility for enterprises. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Enterprise Pricing} & \multirow{3}{*}{Enterprise Pricing for the Net for DeVOps} & Custom pricing for advanced features (Azure Test Plans, Defender for DevOps) & GitHub Enterprise Cloud/Server (custom pricing for advanced security) & Both require enterprise plans for advanced features. \\ \hline CI/CD Pipeline & \multirow{2}{*}{Free CI/CD Minutes} & 1800 free minutes/month (public repos) & 2000 free minutes/month (Free plan) & GitHub offers slightly more free minutes for small teams. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Private Repo Costs} & \multirow{2}{*}{Private Repo Costs} & Pay for additional pipeline minutes & Pay for additional minutes (higher costs for macOS runners) & Azure DevOps is cheaper for private repos with self-hosted agents. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Self-Hosted Runners} & \multirow{2}{*}{Supported (reduces costs for private infrastructure)} & Supported (reduces costs has higher per-minute pricing for cloud rumers) & Supported (reduces costs but has higher per-minute pricing for cloud rumers) & Azure DevOps is more cost-effective for self-hosted pipelines. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Concurrency Costs} & \multirow{2}{*}{Concurrency Costs} & Pay for additional concurrent jobs & Pay for additional concurrent jobs (Enterprise plan required for priority) & Azure DevOps offers more flexibility for scaling concurrency. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Enterprise Features} & \multirow{3}{*}{Advanced Security} & Integrated with Microsoft Defender for DevOps (additional cost) & GitHub Advanced Security (Enterprise plan required) & Both require enterprise plans for advanced security. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Compliance Support} & \multirow{3}{*}{Compliance Support} & Built-in compliance (ISO 27001 [9], SOC 2 [10], GDPR [11], HIPAA [12], FedRAMP [13]) & Substantial compliance (Enterprise plan required) & Azure DevOps has better built-in compliance support. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Hidden Costs} & Hybrid Cloud Support & Strong support for hybrid cloud strategies & Limited hybrid cloud optimizations & Azure DevOps is better for hybrid cloud environments. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Hidden Costs} & \multirow{3}{*}{Storage Costs} & Charges for additional storage (repos, artifacts, pipeline logs) & Usage limits for API calls, Actions execution, dependency scans & Both platforms have hidden costs for storage and usage. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Network Bandwidth} & \multirow{3}{*}{Network Bandwidth} & Charges for data transfer beyond free limits & Usage limits for API calls and Actions execution & Azure DevOps may incur higher network costs for large-scale projects. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Conbarding} & Training and Onboarding & Higher training costs due to complex interface & Lower training costs (developer-friendly workflows) & GitHub reduces onboarding costs for small teams. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Cost- Effectiveness} & \multirow{3}{*}{Small Teams/ Open Source} & Limited free tier (5 users) & Free tier with unlimited public/private repos & GitHub is more cost-effective for small teams and open-source projects. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Large Enterprises} & \multirow{3}{*}{Large Enterprises} & Flexible pricing, self-hosted agents, hybrid cloud support & Higher costs for enterprise features and cloud-hosted runners & Azure DevOps is more cost-effective for large enterprises. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Conpliance-Heavy Industries} & \multirow{3}{*}{Conpliance-Heavy integrity tools} & Better built-in compliance, integration with Microsoft security tools & Requires Enterprise plan for advanced compliance & Azure DevOps is preferred for regulated industries. \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Developer Productivity} & \multirow{3}{*}{Higher training costs, but better for complex workflows} & Lower training costs, ideal for agile workflows & GitHub is better for developer productivity in small teams. \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{3-3}  & & & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table}