Is it worth paying for a dedicated CI/CD service when our cloud provider already offers a managed pipeline product?

GitHub Actions

“This gives you flexibility to move to GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, or another platform later without rebuilding your entire delivery process.”

GitLab CI

“This gives you flexibility to move to GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, or another platform later without rebuilding your entire delivery process.”

CircleCI

“This gives you flexibility to move to GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, or another platform later without rebuilding your entire delivery process.”

AWS

“AWS, for example, explicitly recommends evaluating managed delivery services partly for their ability to reduce operational complexity.”

Azure

“Most workloads run on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.”

Google Cloud

“Most workloads run on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.”