# Azure Pipelines alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 222 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Azure Pipelines holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/azure-pipelines/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- GitHub Actions: 111
- GitLab CI/CD: 45
- Azure DevOps: 7
- Buildkite: 7
- CircleCI: 5
- GitHub: 3

## CI/CD platforms

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Azure Pipelines (Azure Pipelines is #7 of 9 at 0%).

- GitHub Actions: first choice in 64 of those 80
- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 12 of those 80
- CircleCI: first choice in 3 of those 80
- DeployHQ: first choice in 1 of those 80
- GitHub: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Podman: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Azure Pipelines (Azure Pipelines is #6 of 10 at 0%).

- GitHub Actions: first choice in 39 of those 72
- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 13 of those 72
- CircleCI: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Buildkite: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Podman: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Semaphore: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Enterprise**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Azure Pipelines (Azure Pipelines is #7 of 12 at 2%).

- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 20 of those 70
- GitHub Actions: first choice in 8 of those 70
- Azure DevOps: first choice in 7 of those 70
- Buildkite: first choice in 6 of those 70
- GitHub: first choice in 2 of those 70
- JetBrains TeamCity: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Jenkins: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Microsoft Azure DevOps Services: first choice in 1 of those 70

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.