Buildkite Launches Test Engine Workflows, Overhauls API Token Security
What happened
Between the Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026 captures of Buildkite's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: 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. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added, feature change) 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 Introduces Free Personal Plan with Limited Features and New Model Providers for LLM Requests" (Q4 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Buildkite Increases Mac M4 Large Price to $0.36 USD/min Amid Enhanced RAM Capacity" (Q2 2025), "Buildkite Clarifies Pricing Metric to Concurrent Self-Hosted Agents, Enhances Features Across Pro and Enterprise Plans" (Q1 2025) and "Buildkite Discontinues Free Plan and Increases Pro Plan Price by 50% Amid Major Pricing Restructure" (Q4 2024). Buildkite has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window GitLab, GitHub and Aws also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Personal, Pro, Enterprise · FeatureAddedNo Workflows featureWorkflows feature
- — · FeatureChanged
Beforepolicy-based expiry
Afterautomatic revocation of inactive tokens
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal, Pro, Enterprise | Feature | No Workflows feature | Workflows feature | Added |
| — | Feature | policy-based expiry | automatic revocation of inactive tokens | 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 Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where Workflows feature now appears.
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Buildkite, pricing history
Full history- Jun 23, 2026increaseBuildkite hikes Pro self-hosted agent overage 40% to $3.50/agent
- Apr 13, 2026packagingBuildkite Launches Free 30-Day All Access Trial, Sets 30-User Enterprise Minimum
- Apr 3, 2026packagingBuildkite Renames Security Features and Trims Test Engine Plan
- Apr 1, 2026improvedBuildkite Launches Test Engine Workflows, Overhauls API Token Security · this change
- 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
- Q1 2025improvedBuildkite Clarifies Pricing Metric to Concurrent Self-Hosted Agents, Enhances Features Across Pro and Enterprise Plans
- Q4 2024packagingBuildkite Discontinues Free Plan and Increases Pro Plan Price by 50% Amid Major Pricing Restructure
- Q2 2024improvedBuildkite Transitions to Volume-Based Pricing Model for Enterprise Plan, Enhancing Flexibility and Customization
- Dec 2023improvedBuildkite Enhances Security with Signed Pipelines Feature for All Plans
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- GitLabMar 26GitLab removes Duo Pro and Duo Enterprise add-ons from pricing page
- 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
Questions about this change
Did Buildkite raise prices in March 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added, feature change.
What changed on Buildkite's pricing page between Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026?
Personal, Pro, Enterprise feature: No Workflows feature → Workflows feature, added; feature: policy-based expiry → automatic revocation of inactive tokens, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Buildkite change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Buildkite in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Buildkite Introduces Free Personal Plan with Limited Features and New Model Providers for LLM Requests" in Q4 2025; Buildkite has been tracked since 2023-11-14.