Buildkite
CI/CD built around self-hosted agents by default, with hosted agents available billed per vCPU-minute.
- CI/CD
- Yes
- Pro plan: $30 per active user/month.
- Not documented
Who it suits.
Teams that already run their own compute and want a CI product built around that from the start, rather than one that treats self-hosting as an escape hatch from a hosted-minutes model.
Consider something else if…
There's no existing infrastructure to run agents on — the per-user Pro price is separate from and additional to whatever compute the agents themselves need.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
What the documentation says.
Each value below links to the page it was read from, with the sentence it came from. Criteria Buildkite does not publish are not listed.
Pricing
Free tier
Yes
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Buildkite Pricing ↗
“Up to 5 users. Up to 10 concurrent jobs. Up to 2,000 Linux vCPU minutes per month. Up to 250k test executions per month.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
Entry paid plan
Pro plan: $30 per active user/month.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Buildkite Pricing ↗
“$30 per active user/month.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
Pricing model
Hybrid: per-user subscription plus consumption-based pricing for hosted agents, billed per vCPU-minute metered to the second, with no minimums and no rounding.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Buildkite Pricing ↗
“Usage is billed per vCPU minute and metered to the second, with no minimums and no rounding.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
CI/CD
Self-hosted runners
Self-hosted agents are the default model, not an add-on. Free plan includes up to 10 concurrent jobs; Pro plan includes 10 self-hosted agents.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Buildkite Pricing ↗
“Up to 250 self-hosted agents [on Pro], 10 included.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
Price per extra concurrent job
Additional self-hosted agents beyond the 10 included on Pro: $3.50/agent/month. Hosted Linux agents: $0.004/vCPU-minute; hosted Mac agents: $0.02/vCPU-minute.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Buildkite Pricing ↗
“10 included, then $3.50 agent/month. Hosted Linux: $0.004 USD per vCPU minute. Mac agents: $0.02 USD per vCPU minute.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.