Marathon Cloud vs Xcode Cloud

Xcode Cloud runs tests for Apple platforms on Apple-hosted Xcode Cloud, with compute-hour tiers and test-plan repetition that can rerun failing tests until they pass. Marathon Cloud runs Android and iOS tests from any CI or laptop, sizes the pool from suite history and retries failed tests on a different device.

• Platforms

  Xcode Cloud

  iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and visionOS; no Android.

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  Marathon Cloud

  Android and iOS.

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• Pricing

  Xcode Cloud

  25 compute hours per month free; 100 h $49.99, 250 h $99.99, 1000 h $399.99.

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  Marathon Cloud

  $2 per hour per Android device, $3 per hour per iOS device, billed per second. 50 free device hours to start.

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• Retries

  Xcode Cloud

  Test-plan repetition can rerun failing tests until they pass.

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  Marathon Cloud

  Failed tests rerun on a different device; tests with a flaky history are retried preventively.

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• Where it runs

  Xcode Cloud

  Only on Apple-hosted Xcode Cloud; App Store Connect API and webhooks for integration.

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  Marathon Cloud

  GitHub Action, Bitrise step and Docker image; runs from any CI or your laptop.

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• Getting started

  Xcode Cloud

  Compute-hour tier chosen upfront; 25 hours free.

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  Marathon Cloud

  Self-serve: sign up, 50 free device hours, no credit card, one CLI command. No parallel count to buy — the pool is sized per run.

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Competitor facts verified 2026-09-29 from the vendor's public pages.

An Xcode Cloud alternative for Android and iOS tests from any CI

Xcode Cloud runs Apple-platform tests only on Apple-hosted Xcode Cloud and is priced in compute-hour tiers. Marathon Cloud runs Android and iOS tests from any CI or laptop, sizes the pool from suite history to target 15 minutes, and retries failed tests on a different device.