Open-source alternative  ·  CI/CD Pipeline

Replace AWS CodePipeline + CodeBuild with GitLab CI / Woodpecker CI.

GitLab CI for integrated pipeline-as-code or Woodpecker CI for lightweight container-native CI. Both self-hosted with unlimited build minutes. No per-minute billing.

You'd keep~R22 200 to ~R111 000/year

Current licence  ·  CI/CD Pipeline

AWS CodePipeline + CodeBuild

~R22 200 – ~R111 000/yr

10-user estimate

Click to flip →

Replace with  ·  CI/CD Pipeline

GitLab CI / Woodpecker CI

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R111 000/yr

← Click to flip back

Today's licence price

2 tiers. AWS CodePipeline + CodeBuild's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Standard (100 builds/mo)

R22 200/yr

R1 850/month

Estimated monthly

With GitLab CI / Woodpecker CI

Keep R22 200/yr

Heavy (1000 builds/mo)

R111 000/yr

R9 250/month

Estimated monthly

With GitLab CI / Woodpecker CI

Keep R111 000/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

AWS CodePipeline + CodeBuild grows around 10% per year on average. GitLab CI / Woodpecker CI hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR49kR98kR147kR197kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R179kR12k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R0.78M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

AWS CodePipeline + CodeBuildGitLab CI / Woodpecker CI, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

Same category

Other ci/cd pipeline migrations.

Running one of these alongside? Same migration shop covers both.

Migrate AWS CodePipeline + CodeBuild.
Keep the money.

Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.