Buildkite is a hybrid CI/CD platform that combines the speed of cloud with the security of on-premises build agents, allowing teams to run builds faster without compromising security.
Pricing Change History
15 changesPro plan now states overage rates: $0.05/GB-month beyond 250GB artifact storage and $0.10/GB beyond 2.5TB artifact downloads
"Model Providers" LLM proxy offering removed from pricing page — Anthropic Opus/Sonnet/Haiku input, output, cache-write, and cache-read token pricing no longer listed
Hosted Agent pricing moved to per-vCPU-minute billing (Linux $0.004/vCPU-min, Mac $0.02/vCPU-min), lowering effective rates (e.g. Linux Large $0.052->$0.032/min); non-profit/charity discount removed
Pro plan's self-hosted agent overage price rose from $2.50 to $3.50/agent/mo (+40%) new 'All Access Trial' plan added (full platform unlock, $0 for 30 days, no card)
Quarterly roll-up · includes Jun 22 weekly, Apr 13 weekly
Pro plan self-hosted agent overage rate increased from $2.50 to $3.50 USD/agent/mo (40% increase) for agents beyond the 10 included.
Pricing page heading changed from 'Everything you need for best-in-class software delivery' to 'Trial? More like Try All.' Personal plan tagline updated to 'Ship on your own' with bullet-point format.
Test Engine now includes Workflows feature with tiered limits across all plans [Personal: 1 workflow; Pro: 3 workflows; Enterprise: Volume discounts/Unlimited] API token expiry policies replaced with Inactive API token revocation, changing from policy-based expiry to automatic revocation of inactive tokens
Personal plan introduced as a free tier ($0/mo) with limited features including 3 concurrent jobs, 50k test executions, 1GB storage, and 500 minutes of hosted agents Model Providers feature added - proxy for LLM model requests to Anthropic with pass-through pricing (Opus 4.5, Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5)
Mac M4 Medium RAM increased from 14GB to 28GB Mac M4 Large RAM increased from 28GB to 56GB
Audit logging feature renamed to Activity log in Enterprise plan Test splitting feature added to Test Engine, available in both Pro and Enterprise plans
Free plan ($0) discontinued - no longer available as a standalone plan on pricing page Job minutes metric removed from Pro plan (was 40,000/month + 12,500 per user)
Test executions threshold added to Pro plan (500,000/month) Enterprise plan restructured from fixed allocations (100,000 job minutes + 25,000 per user, 1,000,000 test executions) to volume-based pricing model
Pause queues feature added to Pro and Enterprise plans - control when queues dispatch jobs to agents Signed pipelines feature added to all plans (Free, Pro, Enterprise) - prevent unauthorized pipeline modifications by signing step definitions
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Ask the agentCurrent plans
Captured| Plan | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Personal | Plan | Free |
| Enterprise | Plan | $3.5 /mo |
| Pro | Plan | $30 /active user/mo |
| Mac M4 Medium Hosted Agent | Add-on | $0.18 per minute |
| Linux Small Hosted Agent | Add-on | $0.01 per minute |
| Mac M4 Large Hosted Agent | Add-on | $0.36 per minute |
| Linux Medium Hosted Agent | Add-on | $0.03 per minute |
| Opus 4.5 | Add-on | $5 per MTok input + $25 per MTok output |
| Linux Large Hosted Agent | Add-on | $0.05 per minute |
| Haiku 4.5 | Add-on | $1 per MTok input + $5 per MTok output |
| Sonnet 4.5 | Add-on | $3 per MTok input + $15 per MTok output |
Company Facts
How Buildkite compares with its peers
| Company | Entry price | Last change |
|---|---|---|
G GitHub | $4 /user/mo | Oct 29, 2026 |
G GitLab | $29 /mo, billed annually | Oct 16, 2026 |
C CircleCI | $15 /mo + usage | Oct 19, 2026 |
J Jenkins | Free | — |
A Aws | $0.32 subscription | Jan 11, 2026 |
Buildkite pricing FAQ
- How much does Buildkite cost?
- Buildkite pricing starts at $3.5/mo on Enterprise. Buildkite lists 3 plans on its pricing page; the Personal plan is free.
- Does Buildkite have a free plan?
- Yes. Buildkite's Personal plan is free; paid plans start at $3.5/mo on Enterprise.
- What pricing model does Buildkite use?
- Buildkite uses subscription + usage pricing across 3 plans, with a free tier.
- When did Buildkite last change its pricing?
- Oct 19, 2026: Buildkite Pro now lists overage rates for storage and downloads.
- How often has Buildkite changed its pricing?
- Pulse has recorded 15 pricing changes for Buildkite since it started tracking on Nov 14, 2023; the pricing page was last captured on Oct 19, 2026.
