Buildkite adds Windows hosted agents at $0.008 per vCPU minute
What happened
Between the Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026 captures of Buildkite's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Windows hosted agents added at $0.008 per vCPU minute (Small/Medium/Large); Linux ARM64 now available on every shape at the same rate as AMD64 instead of on request for Enterprise; Pro plan now includes Windows and Linux ARM64 agents (4,000 Linux AMD64 vCPU minutes); Enterprise hosted agents bullet drops private container registry and Linux ARM64 mention. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new add-on, feature added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Pro Plan at $30.
It lands 14 days after Buildkite's previous change, "Buildkite Pro now lists overage rates for storage and downloads" (Oct 19, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Buildkite: Personal→Free rename, Free/Pro plans gain explicit usage caps" (Aug 24, 2026) and "Buildkite: Model Providers LLM proxy pricing removed" (Aug 10, 2026). Buildkite has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window GitHub, GitLab, CircleCI and Google Cloud also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Add-onAddedNo Windows hosted agentsWindows hosted agents
- Pro Plan · FeatureRemoved
Beforeprivate container registry and Linux ARM64 mention
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Add-on | No Windows hosted agents | Windows hosted agents | Added |
| Pro Plan | Feature | private container registry and Linux ARM64 mention | Not listed | Removed |
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 Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the change is marked in the lower part of the page, where Windows hosted agents now appears.
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Buildkite, the last 90 days
Full history- Nov 2, 2026packagingBuildkite adds Windows hosted agents at $0.008 per vCPU minute · this change
- 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
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- GitHubNov 2GitHub unbundles Code Security and Secret Protection as standalone add-ons
- GitLabNov 2GitLab launches Orbit add-on with pay-per-query packs for Premium, Ultimate
- CircleCIOct 19CircleCI adds Smarter Testing to all plans with free test-atom quotas
- Google CloudSep 21Looker: Conversational Analytics grace period extended indefinitely
Questions about this change
Did Buildkite raise prices in November 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new add-on, feature added.
What changed on Buildkite's pricing page between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026?
Add-on: No Windows hosted agents → Windows hosted agents, added; Pro Plan feature: private container registry and Linux ARM64 mention → Not listed, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Buildkite change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Buildkite in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Buildkite Pro now lists overage rates for storage and downloads" on Oct 19, 2026; Buildkite has been tracked since 2023-11-14.