Semaphore pricing 2026: plans and costs
How AI answers describe Semaphore pricing
Semaphore CI: Explicitly restructured its pricing model to separate compute infrastructure from support/success services, specifically targeting predictable usage and transparent infrastructure consumption.
Compared to: GitHub · GitLab · Jenkins
Quick pricing summary
- Ubuntu ARM 2vCPU: $0.003 minute
- Ubuntu ARM 4vCPU: $0.006 minute
- Ubuntu ARM 8vCPU: $0.012 minute
- Ubuntu x64 2vCPU: $0.008 minute
- Ubuntu x64 4vCPU: $0.015 minute
- MacOS 4vCPU: $0.09 minute
- Self-Hosted (any machine): $0.003 minute
- Worth noting: Compute is billed per minute and pay-as-you-go; support and success services are optional modular add-ons. Includes 20 concurrent jobs by default, $15 free credits per month, 20 GB/month egress and 100 GB/month storage free. Annual billing discounts available but not quantified; contact support for details.
Plans
Ubuntu ARM 2vCPU
$0.003 minute
Ubuntu ARM 4vCPU
$0.006 minute
Ubuntu ARM 8vCPU
$0.012 minute
Ubuntu x64 2vCPU
$0.008 minute
Ubuntu x64 4vCPU
$0.015 minute
MacOS 4vCPU
$0.09 minute
Self-Hosted (any machine)
$0.003 minute
Hidden costs & add-ons
| Cost driver | Price | When it applies |
|---|---|---|
| Basic support | $50/month | Email technical support during business hours |
| Priority Response support | $250/month | Email and Slack, best-effort accelerated responses 24/5 |
| SLA Standard support | $500/month | Email, Slack and Customer Portal with guaranteed responses 24/5, SLA P1 4h |
| SLA Premium support | $750/month | Priority queue 24/5, optional 24/7, SLA P1 1h |
| Visibility success | $125/month | Success service: annual optimization session, group Q&A, feature demos |
| Performance success | $300/month | Success service: all in Visibility plus private sessions and deep-dive issue solving |
| Scale success | $1,000/month | Success service: all in Performance plus business reviews, account monitoring, team training |
| Alliance success | $2,000/month | Success service: all in Scale plus strategic roadmap, project management of key issues, custom terms |
| Engineering access 3 hours | $900 | On-demand engineering help for more extensive optimizations or integrations |
| Engineering access 5 hours | $1250 | On-demand engineering help for deployment reviews or automation tuning |
| Engineering access 10 hours | $2000 | On-demand engineering help for complex migrations, performance analysis, or architecture guidance |
| Dedicated Cache Server | $400/month | 10 Gbps bandwidth and 400 GB storage |
Semaphore pricing vs alternatives
| Brand | Entry price | Free plan | Model | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semaphore | Free; paid from $0.003 / mo | Yes | Usage-based | — | |
| GitHub | Free; paid from $4 per seat / mo | Yes | Per seat | Development teams, from individuals to enterprises, that build, review, and ship software on one platform. | Compare → |
| GitLab | Free; paid from $29 per seat / mo | Yes | Per seat | Scaling development teams and enterprises that need advanced security and compliance capabilities | Compare → |
| Jenkins | — | — | — | Developers who need to build, test and deploy software reliably | Compare → |
| CircleCI | Free; paid from $15 / mo | Yes | Usage-based | Engineering teams that want fast, scalable CI/CD across cloud and self-hosted infrastructure, from startups to enterprises | Compare → |
List prices as published on semaphore.io/pricing. Totals are worked examples, not quotes.