CircleCI adds Smarter Testing to all plans with free test-atom quotas
What happened
Between the Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026 captures of CircleCI's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Added Smarter Testing (intelligent test selection, dynamic test splitting, auto-rerun failed tests, test analytics) to all plans; included free monthly test-atom quotas of 1,000/10,000/100,000 for Free/Performance/Scale, overage billed at 3,000 credits per 100,000 test atoms. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added) with an upward direction. The current page lists Performance at $15.
It lands 7 days after CircleCI's previous change, "CircleCI adds macOS M4 Pro to Free plan, plus new Arm Docker betas" (Oct 12, 2026). CircleCI has been tracked since 2026-05-06.
In the same window Atlassian, GitHub, GitLab and JFrog also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Performance, Scale · FeatureAddedNo Smarter TestingSmarter Testing
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance, Scale | Feature | No Smarter Testing | Smarter Testing | Added |
Values as written on CircleCI'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 CircleCI's pricing page (circleci.com) from Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where Smarter Testing now appears.
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CircleCI, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 19, 2026improvedCircleCI adds Smarter Testing to all plans with free test-atom quotas · this change
- Oct 12, 2026improvedCircleCI adds macOS M4 Pro to Free plan, plus new Arm Docker betas
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- AtlassianOct 19Atlassian Jira raises Cloud Standard and Premium prices about 7% for large teams
- GitHubOct 17GitHub adds usage-based AI detection for push protection to Secret Protection
- GitLabOct 16GitLab brings Secrets Manager to Self-Managed, Dedicated still pending
- JFrogSep 7JFrog: 22 optional Enterprise X/+ add-ons now included by default
Questions about this change
Did CircleCI raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added.
What changed on CircleCI's pricing page between Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026?
Performance, Scale feature: No Smarter Testing → Smarter Testing, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does CircleCI change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for CircleCI in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "CircleCI adds macOS M4 Pro to Free plan, plus new Arm Docker betas" on Oct 12, 2026; CircleCI has been tracked since 2026-05-06.