Buildkite: Hosted Agents pricing restructured to per-vCPU billing
What happened
Between the Jul 6, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026 captures of Buildkite's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Hosted Agent pricing moved from flat per-shape rates to per-vCPU-minute billing — Linux $0.004/vCPU-min (was $0.013-$0.052 flat), Mac $0.02/vCPU-min (was $0.18-$0.36 flat); non-profit/charity discount removed from Special Plan options. In detail: 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. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral 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.
It lands 10 days after Buildkite's previous change, "Buildkite: agent overage +$1.00/mo; new $0/30-day All Access Trial" (Jul 3, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Buildkite hikes Pro self-hosted agent overage 40% to $3.50/agent" (Jun 23, 2026). Buildkite has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window GitLab, Google Cloud and GitHub also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Hosted Agent · Packaging−38%$0.052$0.032/min
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosted Agent | Packaging | $0.052 | $0.032/min | −38% |
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 Jul 6, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026; the change is marked in the lower part of the page, where hosted agent packaging reads $0.052 and then $0.032/min.
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Buildkite, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 19, 2026packagingBuildkite Pro now lists overage rates for storage and downloads
- Aug 24, 2026packagingBuildkite: Personal→Free rename, Free/Pro plans gain explicit usage caps
- Aug 10, 2026packagingBuildkite: Model Providers LLM proxy pricing removed
- Jul 13, 2026packagingBuildkite: Hosted Agents pricing restructured to per-vCPU billing · this change
- Jul 3, 2026increaseBuildkite: agent overage +$1.00/mo; new $0/30-day All Access Trial
- Jun 23, 2026increaseBuildkite hikes Pro self-hosted agent overage 40% to $3.50/agent
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changesQuestions about this change
Did Buildkite raise prices in July 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 6, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on Buildkite's pricing page between Jul 6, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026?
Hosted Agent packaging: $0.052 → $0.032/min (−38%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 6, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Buildkite change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for Buildkite in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Buildkite: agent overage +$1.00/mo; new $0/30-day All Access Trial" on Jul 3, 2026; Buildkite has been tracked since 2023-11-14.