Buildkite Pricing, Plans, and Availability

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CI/CD platform combining hosted orchestration with customer-managed build agents.

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Pricing at a glance

Buildkite’s public pricing is straightforward on the surface but includes both subscription pricing and usage-based metering underneath. The self-serve lineup starts with a free Personal plan, moves to a paid Pro plan priced per active user, and then shifts to a quote-based Enterprise tier for larger organizations. Buildkite also offers a 30-day all-access trial with no credit card, which makes it easy to evaluate the platform before committing. For teams comparing CI/CD tools, the key thing to understand is that the base subscription is only part of the spend: Buildkite documents included quotas for self-hosted agents, managed tests, and hosted agent minutes, and it notes that usage above those included amounts is billed as overage. That means a small team can start cheaply, but a busier organization should model both seats and consumption. Enterprise buyers should expect sales-led commercial terms, including minimums and invoice-based billing, rather than a public list price.

◇ Pricing model

Freemium with self-serve paid plans and quote-based enterprise sales; usage limits and overages apply to hosted agents, Test Engine, and package storage/transfer.

↻ Billing notes

Buildkite offers a 30-day all-access trial with no credit card. Personal is free forever with no expiry. Pro is priced at $30 USD per active user per month, while Enterprise requires contacting sales and has a 30 user minimum. The pricing page says prices are exclusive of taxes, and the support/billing section shows Enterprise can pay annually or via invoice, with consolidated billing available.

Plans and pricing

4 tiers

All Access Trial

30 days
$0
  • Everything unlocked
  • A real human on standby

30-day trial with no credit card required; public page does not list plan-specific limits during the trial.

Personal

free forever
$0
  • 3 concurrent jobs
  • 1 user
  • 90-day retention
  • Community support

Self-serve plan for individual developers; hosted usage beyond included limits is not publicly broken out on the pricing page.

Pro

monthly
$30 USD per active user/mo
  • Unlimited users and test executions
  • All agent sizes + Mac M4
  • cache volumes
  • Priority email support
  • SSO

Includes 10 self-hosted agents; additional self-hosted agents are $3.50 USD per agent/mo. Public page also shows included hosted resources and overage-based metering for some usage categories.

Enterprise

Not publicly disclosed
Not publicly disclosed
  • Premium support SLA available
  • SCIM/SAML/ADFS
  • audit logs
  • build exports
  • pipeline templates
  • Test Engine usage included

30 user minimum. Public pricing page indicates enterprise is self-service, but final commercial terms and list price are not disclosed.

Add-ons and extras

Self-hosted agents overage

$3.50 USD/agent/mo

Pro includes 10 self-hosted agents and charges for additional agents above that included amount.

Managed tests overage

$0.10 USD/managed test/mo

Test Engine includes 250 managed tests on Pro, then charges per managed test above the included threshold.

Linux hosted agent vCPU minutes overage

Not publicly disclosed

Pro includes 4,000 Linux hosted agent vCPU minutes per month. The pricing page says additional usage is billed at per-minute rates, but the exact rate is not publicly disclosed on the page.

M4 Mac hosted agent vCPU minutes overage

Not publicly disclosed

Pro includes 3,000 M4 Mac hosted agent vCPU minutes per month. The pricing page says additional usage is pay-as-you-go at per-minute rates, but the exact rate is not publicly disclosed on the page.

Hidden and indirect costs

Worth budgeting for
⚠  Buildkite’s public pricing includes metered overages for several resource types, so actual spend can exceed the headline subscription price when usage grows. The documentation says overage above included amounts is invoiceable, and the pricing page shows additional charges for self-hosted agents and managed tests, plus per-minute rates for hosted agent usage, which means workloads that scale up or use more specialized infrastructure can cost materially more than the base plan.
⚠  Some capabilities are marked as on-request or available on the Enterprise tier, which can add commercial or implementation complexity even when the feature itself is included in the plan. The pricing page also notes prices are exclusive of taxes, and Enterprise includes invoice payment and consolidated billing rather than instant self-serve checkout, so procurement and billing processes may introduce additional operational overhead.

What buyers actually pay

A solo developer wants to try Buildkite for a personal project or small team workflow.

Expected cost$0
1 user3 concurrent jobs90-day retention

A growing team needs paid CI/CD with SSO, more capacity, and hosted agents.

Expected cost$30 USD per active user/mo plus possible overages
active user countadditional self-hosted agents above 10managed tests above 250hosted agent minutes over included thresholds

A larger organization needs governance, compliance, and invoice-based procurement.

Expected costNot publicly disclosed
30 user minimumcustom enterprise commercial termspotential overages for metered usage

Pricing FAQ

No. Buildkite publicly lists prices for Personal, Pro, and several metered overages, but Enterprise is quote-based and not publicly priced. The pricing page also shows some capabilities as on-request, which means some commercial details may only be available through sales or account-specific discussions. For usage-based items, the page may show that a resource is billed at per-minute or per-unit rates without exposing every exact rate.

Yes. Buildkite advertises an All Access Trial that lasts 30 days and does not require a credit card. The page says everything is unlocked during the trial, so buyers can evaluate the platform before choosing a paid plan. After the trial, users can pick Personal, Pro, or Enterprise.

Pro is listed at $30 USD per active user per month and includes unlimited users and test executions, all agent sizes plus Mac M4, cache volumes, priority email support, and SSO. The pricing page also shows that Pro includes 10 self-hosted agents and 4,000 Linux hosted agent vCPU minutes per month, with additional metered charges applying when included amounts are exceeded. That makes Pro a self-serve option for teams that want predictable base pricing plus usage-based scaling.

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