Buildkite Increases Mac M4 Large Price to $0.36 USD/min Amid Enhanced RAM Capacity
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025 captures of Buildkite's pricing page, Pulse recorded 7 changes: Mac M4 Large price increased from $0.303 USD/min to $0.36 USD/min; Mac M4 Medium RAM increased from 14GB to 28GB; Mac Hosted Agents Medium renamed to M4 Medium with upgraded specs; Mac Hosted Agents Large renamed to M4 Large with upgraded specs; Mac M4 Medium price increased from $0.171 USD/min to $0.18 USD/min; Mac Hosted Agents Small tier (4 vCPU, 7GB RAM, $0.103 USD/min) removed; Mac M4 Large RAM increased from 28GB to 56GB. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase, limit increase, plan renamed, plan removed) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Enterprise at $3.5, Pro at $30, Mac M4 Medium Hosted Agent at $0.18 per minute, Linux Small Hosted Agent at $0.01 per minute and Mac M4 Large Hosted Agent at $0.36 per minute.
Buildkite's previous recorded change was "Buildkite Clarifies Pricing Metric to Concurrent Self-Hosted Agents, Enhances Features Across Pro and Enterprise Plans" (Q1 2025). Buildkite has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window GitHub, Aws and GitLab also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- M4 Large · PriceChanged$0.303 USD/min$0.36 USD/min
- — · LimitChanged14GB28GB
- — · PlanRenamedMac Hosted Agents MediumM4 Medium
- — · PlanRenamedMac Hosted Agents LargeM4 Large
- M4 Medium · PriceChanged$0.171 USD/min$0.18 USD/min
- Hosted Agents Small · PlanPlan removed
Mac Hosted Agents Small tier (4 vCPU, 7GB RAM, $0.103 USD/min) removed
- — · LimitChanged28GB56GB
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M4 Large | Price | $0.303 USD/min | $0.36 USD/min | Changed |
| — | Limit | 14GB | 28GB | Changed |
| — | Plan | Mac Hosted Agents Medium | M4 Medium | Renamed |
| — | Plan | Mac Hosted Agents Large | M4 Large | Renamed |
| M4 Medium | Price | $0.171 USD/min | $0.18 USD/min | Changed |
| Hosted Agents Small | Plan | Mac Hosted Agents Small tier (4 vCPU, 7GB RAM, $0.103 USD/min) removed | Plan removed | |
| — | Limit | 28GB | 56GB | Changed |
Values as written on Buildkite's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Buildkite's pricing page (buildkite.com) from Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where "$0.303 USD/min" becomes "$0.36 USD/min".
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Buildkite, the last 90 days
Full history- Apr 3, 2026packagingBuildkite Renames Security Features and Trims Test Engine Plan
- Apr 1, 2026improvedBuildkite Launches Test Engine Workflows, Overhauls API Token Security
- Q4 2025packagingBuildkite Introduces Free Personal Plan with Limited Features and New Model Providers for LLM Requests
- Q2 2025improvedBuildkite Increases Mac M4 Large Price to $0.36 USD/min Amid Enhanced RAM Capacity · this change
- Q1 2025improvedBuildkite Clarifies Pricing Metric to Concurrent Self-Hosted Agents, Enhances Features Across Pro and Enterprise Plans
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- GitHubJan 13GitHub Introduces Free Tier for Copilot Add-On: Up to 2,000 Completions and 50 Chat Requests Monthly
- AwsJan 11Aws Kendra Expands Free Tier to Include GenAI Enterprise Edition, Offering 750 Hours for First 30 Days
- GitLabJan 10GitLab Reduces Ultimate Plan Trial Period from 60 to 30 Days, Impacting User Access
Questions about this change
Did Buildkite raise prices in July 2025?
Yes. Pulse captured Buildkite's pricing page on Apr 1, 2025 and again on Jul 6, 2025 and recorded 2 price increases: M4 Large: $0.303 USD/min → $0.36 USD/min (changed); M4 Medium: $0.171 USD/min → $0.18 USD/min (changed).
What changed on Buildkite's pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025?
M4 Large price: $0.303 USD/min → $0.36 USD/min, changed; limit: 14GB → 28GB, changed; plan: Mac Hosted Agents Medium → M4 Medium, renamed; plan: Mac Hosted Agents Large → M4 Large, renamed; M4 Medium price: $0.171 USD/min → $0.18 USD/min, changed; Mac Hosted Agents Small tier (4 vCPU, 7GB RAM, $0.103 USD/min) removed; limit: 28GB → 56GB, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Buildkite change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Buildkite in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Buildkite Clarifies Pricing Metric to Concurrent Self-Hosted Agents, Enhances Features Across Pro and Enterprise Plans" in Q1 2025; Buildkite has been tracked since 2023-11-14.