Buildkite
A CI/CD platform that enables unlimited parallel builds with dynamic pipeline automation and intelligent test management
- Also known as
- buildkite
Available worldwide
What is Buildkite?
Buildkite is a CI/CD platform for automating testing, building, and deployment workflows with unrestricted parallelism. It supports both cloud-hosted and self-hosted runners, container-native builds, and advanced test intelligence features like flaky test isolation and performance profiling.
Buildkite pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier with 30-day all-access trial. Pro plan per active user/month. Enterprise with custom pricing. Metered usage for hosted agents ($0.004/Linux vCPU-min, $0.02-$0.24/Mac vCPU-min).
Free
Free30-day all-access trial to all platform features, then ongoing free tier with limited resources
- test_executions
- 250k/mo
- linux_vcpu_minutes
- 2,000/mo
- Up to 2,000 Linux vCPU minutes/month
- Up to 250k test executions/month
- Dynamic pipelines
- Community support
- 1 workflow
Pro
Per-seat pricing with increased build capacity, macOS support, and priority support
- test_executions
- 1M/mo
- linux_vcpu_minutes
- 4,000/mo
- 4,000 Linux vCPU minutes/month included
- 1M test executions/month
- macOS agents access
- Priority email support
- 250k/month test history
- 1 workflow
Enterprise
Contact salesCustom deployment with enterprise-grade security, compliance, and unlimited scale
- Full Buildkite platform access
- 99.95% platform uptime SLA
- Buildkite-hosted agents with remote Docker builders
- Private container registry
- Custom storage and retention policies
- SCIM, custom SAML & ADFS
- Audit log exports
- EventBridge and SIEM integrations
- Enterprise support with SLA credits
- Slack Connect
- 2.5TB/month build storage
- Largest machine sizes
- Linux ARM64 support
Add-ons
- Linux Hosted Agent vCPU Minutes$0.00 per vCPU-minute
- Mac Hosted Agent vCPU Minutes$0.02 per vCPU-minute + $0.12 per vCPU-minute + $0.24 per vCPU-minute
- Self-hosted Agents$3.50/agent/mo + $0/mo
What Buildkite does
The capabilities that matter for ci/cd tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Self-hosted runners
- ✓
- Config-as-code pipelines
- ✓
- Matrix / parallel builds
- ✓
- Container-native builds
- ✓
- Build caching
- ✓
- Secrets management
- ✓
- Deployment environments & approvals
- ✓
- Reusable actions / marketplace
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- Self-hosted
Integrations (47)
Independently observed- Slack⇄•
- Slack Connect⇄•
- GitHub Actions←
- AWS⇄•
- Google Cloud⇄•
- Azure⇄•
- AWS EventBridge→•
- CloudWatch→•
- Snyk←
- Wiz←
- Lacework←
- SIEM→
- GitHub
- GitHub Enterprise
- Bitbucket Server
- AWS ECR
- AWS S3
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS IAM
- AWS CloudWatch
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Jenkins
- CircleCI
- NPM
- PyPI
- RubyGems
- Maven
- Apt
- RPM
- Helm
- Alpine
- Jest
- Mocha
- Cypress
- Playwright
- Jasmine
- Rspec
- minitest
- pytest
- JUnit
- Go
- Rust
- .NET
- Elixir
- Swift
- Android
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2 Type I · Type Iactive
- SOC 2 Type II · Type IIactive
Buildkite FAQ
Common questions about Buildkite, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Buildkite?
Buildkite is a CI/CD platform for automating testing, building, and deployment workflows with unrestricted parallelism. It supports both cloud-hosted and self-hosted runners, container-native builds, and advanced test intelligence features like flaky test isolation and performance profiling. It is indexed under CI/CD Tools.
Source: https://buildkite.com/pricing/
Is Buildkite free?
Buildkite offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Free, Pro and Enterprise. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://buildkite.com/pricing/
What platforms does Buildkite support?
Buildkite supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://buildkite.com/pricing/
Can Buildkite be self-hosted?
Yes. Buildkite can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://buildkite.com/pricing/
What does Buildkite integrate with?
We have confirmed 40 integrations for Buildkite, including GitHub, Bitbucket Server, AWS ECR, AWS S3, AWS CloudFormation, AWS IAM, AWS CloudWatch and Docker, plus 32 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://buildkite.com/pricing/
What security certifications does Buildkite have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Buildkite. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Buildkite not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://buildkite.com/platform/pipelines/templates/security/
Where is Buildkite available?
Buildkite is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Australia.
Source: https://buildkite.com/pricing/
Buildkite alternatives
Other ci/cd tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
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- GitHub ActionsWorkflow automation service for building, testing, and deploying code within GitHubmedium · 74%
- Argo CDA GitOps tool for managing application deployment and lifecycle on Kubernetes through declarative configurationlow · 43%
- TurborepoBuild system that optimizes development workflows through caching and concurrent task executionlow · 37%
- SemaphoreContinuous integration and deployment platformmedium · 70%
- BazelA build system for compiling across multiple languages with fast incremental builds through intelligent caching and distributed executionlow · 43%
Compare Buildkite
Side by side against other ci/cd tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Buildkite, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 50 | 0.18 | 8.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 98 | 0.05 | 5.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 92 | 0.04 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.04 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.03 | 2.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 41 | 0.04 | 1.8 | ✓ |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Caching: Yes · Hosting: both · Marketplace: Yes · Matrix builds: Yes · Yaml pipelines: Yes · Container native: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 25 | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: AU · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 60% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Certifications | SOC 2 Type I, SOC 2 Type II | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
| Trust center | https://buildkite.com/resources/blog/buildkite-maintains-soc-2-type-2-compliance/ | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
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