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GitLabPackaging change · New add-on · Oct 29 → Oct 30, 2026

GitLab launches Orbit add-on, a context graph sold as query packs

Verified Oct 30, 2026Software Development & TestingDirection: up
The changePremium, Ultimate add-on — new add-on.
1 change2 capturesOct 29, 2026 → Oct 30, 2026

What happened

Between the Oct 29, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026 captures of GitLab's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: New GitLab Orbit add-on (context graph for the software lifecycle) sold as shared-pool query packs, available for Premium and Ultimate on GitLab.com; Self-Managed/Dedicated early Nov 2026. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new add-on) with an upward direction. The current page lists Premium at $29, Enterprise Agile Planning at $15, Compute Minutes at $10 per 1,000 minutes, Storage at $5 and GitLab Duo Agent Platform at $1 per GitLab Credit.

It lands 14 days after GitLab's previous change, "GitLab brings Secrets Manager to Self-Managed, Dedicated still pending" (Oct 16, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "GitLab: Flex billing FAQ overhauled — new usage-cap self-service, terms narrowed" (Sep 21, 2026) and "GitLab renames Flex 'per-use' credits to 'on-demand,' drops overage discounts" (Sep 18, 2026). GitLab has been tracked since 2025-10-05.

In the same window GitHub, Google Cloud and JetBrains also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • Premium, Ultimate · Add-onNew add-on

    New GitLab Orbit add-on (context graph for the software lifecycle) sold as shared-pool query packs, available for Premium and Ultimate on GitLab.com; Self-Managed/Dedicated early Nov 2026.

Values as written on GitLab'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 compared

Full-page captures of GitLab's pricing page (gitlab.com) from Oct 29, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.

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GitLab, the last 90 days

Full history
  1. Oct 30, 2026packagingGitLab launches Orbit add-on, a context graph sold as query packs · this change
  2. Oct 16, 2026improvedGitLab brings Secrets Manager to Self-Managed, Dedicated still pending
  3. Sep 21, 2026packagingGitLab: Flex billing FAQ overhauled — new usage-cap self-service, terms narrowed
  4. Sep 18, 2026packagingGitLab renames Flex 'per-use' credits to 'on-demand,' drops overage discounts

Across Software Development & Testing in the same window

All Software Development & Testing changes
  1. GitHubOct 29GitHub supercharges Enterprise with bundled Copilot, Agent governance, and ne...
  2. Google CloudSep 21Looker: Conversational Analytics grace period extended indefinitely
  3. JetBrainsAug 31JetBrains: Added multi-year billing with 2–3 year price-freeze guarantee

Questions about this change

Did GitLab raise prices in October 2026?

No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 29, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new add-on.

What changed on GitLab's pricing page between Oct 29, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026?

New GitLab Orbit add-on (context graph for the software lifecycle) sold as shared-pool query packs, available for Premium and Ultimate on GitLab.com; Self-Managed/Dedicated early Nov 2026. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 29, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does GitLab change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for GitLab in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "GitLab brings Secrets Manager to Self-Managed, Dedicated still pending" on Oct 16, 2026; GitLab has been tracked since 2025-10-05.