# BuildBuddy

> A developer productivity platform that dramatically accelerates Bazel builds through remote execution and distributed result caching.

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/buildbuddy
- **Category:** Build Tools
- **Homepage:** https://www.buildbuddy.io
- **Also known as:** buildbuddy
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-18T22:11:48.667Z

## Vioscale score

**59 / 100**, confidence 42% (low). Computed 2026-09-01.

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 0.052 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| reliability | 45 | 0.073 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 0 | 0.04877777777777778 | 0 | - |
| integrations | 13.7 | 0.04066666666666666 | 0.6 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 5 | 0.073 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 80 | 0.084 | 6.7 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-18, [verify at source](https://www.buildbuddy.io/pricing). Independently observed._

Hybrid · Free tier

> Free for individuals, open source projects, and teams up to 3. Pay-as-you-go for overage cache transfer. Custom enterprise pricing available.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Personal | Free | ✓ | - |
| Team | Pay-as-you-go for cache transfer over 100 GB | - | - |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | - | - |

### Personal

For individuals, small teams, and open source projects

**Included limits:** linux_cores: 80, support_level: Community, cache_transfer: 100 GB

- Remote caching
- Build & test results UI
- API Access
- Shareable build & test links
- Real-time updating
- Team build history
- Filtering & date selection
- Built-in timing profile
- Test log parsing
- Cache stats
- Test Grid
- Action explorer

### Team

For small teams and startups

**Included limits:** linux_cores: 800, support_level: Email, cache_transfer: 100 GB

- Remote caching
- Build & test results UI
- API Access
- Remote Execution
- Autoscaling
- Custom docker images
- Docker image caching
- Build without the bytes
- Cross-platform builds
- Globally distributed edge-cache
- Shareable build & test links
- Real-time updating
- Team build history
- Filtering & date selection
- Built-in timing profile
- Test log parsing
- Cache stats
- Test Grid
- Action explorer
- Invoice billing

### Enterprise (Contact sales)

Custom Bazel solutions tailored to enterprise requirements

- Remote Execution
- Unlimited RBE cores
- Bring your own runners
- Workflows
- Remote persistent workers
- Dynamic scheduling
- Sibling docker containers
- Custom machines per-action
- SSO/SAML
- Isolated infrastructure
- Dedicated support engineer
- Shared Slack channel
- 99.9% uptime SLA
- All features from Team plan

### Add-ons

- **Mac Cores** ($45/core/mo)

## About

A cloud-based platform providing remote build execution and intelligent caching for Bazel projects, enabling development teams to parallelize builds across thousands of cores and dramatically reduce overall build times.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, On-premise, Self-hosted

## Integrations (2)

_Independently observed._

- Slack
- GitHub

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://www.buildbuddy.io/pricing) | 2026-08-18 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://www.buildbuddy.io/pricing) | 2026-08-18 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://www.buildbuddy.io/pricing) | 2026-08-18 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://www.buildbuddy.io/pricing) | 2026-08-18 | 60% (medium) |

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 2 | [link](https://www.buildbuddy.io/pricing) | 2026-08-18 | 60% (medium) |

### market

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://www.buildbuddy.io/pricing) | 2026-08-18 | 50% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | [link](https://www.buildbuddy.io/pricing) | 2026-08-18 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://www.buildbuddy.io/pricing) | 2026-08-18 | 60% (medium) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/buildbuddy). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*