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CircleCI vs Humanloop

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CircleCI

Software

The leading CI/CD platform

From
Free
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Humanloop

Software

The LLM evals platform for enterprises

From
Free
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: CircleCI the free plan covers 6,000 build minutes and 5 active users a month; Humanloop the free plan caps at 2 members, 50 eval runs, and 10,000 logs per month; every tier above that requires contacting sales, with no self-serve paid plan published, as of August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which CircleCI and Humanloop actually diverge.

Attributes where CircleCI and Humanloop differ
AttributeCircleCIHumanloop
Founded2011Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

CircleCI

  • Continuous integration pipelines for application codenot Humanloop
  • Parallel test execution across containersnot Humanloop
  • Docker-based builds with layer cachingnot Humanloop
  • Deployment pipelines with approval gatesnot Humanloop
  • Self-hosted runners for private infrastructurenot Humanloop

Humanloop

No use cases recorded yet. See the Humanloop review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

CircleCI

  • The free plan covers 6,000 build minutes and 5 active users a month
  • Active users are billed at $15 each beyond the included five, and an active user is anyone who commits to a project
  • Everything runs on credits, so compute, Docker layer caching at 200 credits a job and IP ranges at 450 credits per GB all draw from the same pool
  • Network and storage overage costs 420 credits per GB
  • Free credits expire monthly with no rollover, and paid credits expire after a year
  • Scale is annual billing only

Humanloop

  • The free plan caps at 2 members, 50 eval runs, and 10,000 logs per month; every tier above that requires contacting sales, with no self-serve paid plan published, as of August 2026.

Pricing, plan by plan

CircleCI

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the CircleCI review.

Humanloop

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Humanloop review.

Which should you pick?

Choose CircleCI if

  • You want to start without paying.
CircleCI review

Choose Humanloop if

  • You want to start without paying.
Humanloop review

Questions people ask

Is CircleCI or Humanloop better?
Neither clearly leads. CircleCI starts at Free and Humanloop at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, CircleCI or Humanloop?
CircleCI starts at Free and Humanloop at Free.
Does CircleCI or Humanloop run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use CircleCI for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is CircleCI best used for?
CircleCI is most often used for continuous integration pipelines for application code, parallel test execution across containers, docker-based builds with layer caching, deployment pipelines with approval gates. Of those, continuous integration pipelines for application code and parallel test execution across containers are not what Humanloop is typically brought in for.
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