Free
Custom
free, no credit card required
Annual cost at 200 seats
On request
Engineering & Cloud
CircleCI Pricing (November 2026)
List prices, licensing model, add-on modules and every price change we hold, compiled from CircleCI's own published pricing page.
- Last updated 4 November 2026
- Source: circleci.com ↗
- Reviewed by a Najar expert*
CircleCI starts at per month, includes 30,000 credits on Performance. It is licensed per seat, with the seat type deciding the rate, and there is a free plan: Free plan includes 30,000 credits per month and 5 active users, with no credit card required.. Performance is billed monthly and Scale annually; no annual discount is published.
Starting price
€13.42*per month, includes 30,000 creditsLicensing model
Per seat, by typeCredit consumed by builds, plus active usersFree tier
Yesno trial publishedCircleCI plans & pricing
List pricing published by CircleCI. Quote-only tiers are shown as such; we do not estimate them.
Performance
per month, includes 30,000 credits
Annual cost at 200 seats
€32,208
Scale
Custom
custom, billed annually
Annual cost at 200 seats
On request
CircleCI plan comparison
What changes as you move up a tier, and what each step actually unlocks.
| Feature | Free | Performance | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| List price | — | €13.42* | Custom |
| Billing period | — | Monthly | Annual contract |
| Pricing model | Free | per month, includes 30,000 credits | Quote, per user + add-ons |
| User limit | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| What it adds | 30,000 credits a month that expire after a month, 5 active users and 30 concurrent jobs on Linux, Docker, Arm and Windows. Community support only. | Starts at $15 a month with 30,000 credits and 5 users, then credits are bought at $15 per 25,000 and roll over for a year. Up to 80 concurrent jobs and 15 macOS concurrent jobs, with an optional 8x5 support add-on. | Custom pricing with unlimited concurrent jobs on Docker, Linux, Arm and Windows, SSO and config policies, and an optional 24/7 support add-on. |
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Licensing model, how CircleCI invoices
The mechanics behind the sticker price: what you are actually charged for, and what triggers an increase.
True billing unit
Credit consumed by builds, plus active users monthly or annual billing
Free, then Performance from $15 per month with 30,000 credits and 5 users; Scale is custom and billed annually
Model type
Per seat, by typeFree, then Performance from $15 per month with 30,000 credits and 5 users; Scale is custom and billed annuallySeat increments
Single seats5 active users included on Free and Performance; extra Performance users cost 25,000 credits per user per month.Annual vs monthly
No published discountPerformance is billed monthly and Scale annually; no annual discount is published.Guests & externals
Not publishedNot published- MeteredCredits consumed by compute
Builds use credits per minute by resource class. A Linux medium Docker job uses 10 credits per minute, so 30,000 credits covers 3,000 minutes. Larger classes, GPU and macOS use far more, for example 200 credits per minute on the smallest macOS class.
- MeteredCredit purchases and prepaid bundles
Beyond the included 30,000 credits, credits cost $15 per 25,000. Prepaid starts at 1 million credits for $600, with discounts from 5 million credits for $3,000. Paid credits roll over month to month and expire after a year.
- LicenceAdditional users
Performance includes 5 active users. Extra Performance users cost 25,000 credits per user per month, which is $15 at the published credit price, and Scale users cost 40,000 credits.
- Add-onNetwork, storage and caching
Network and storage overage is 420 credits per GB ($0.252 per GB). Docker Layer Caching is 200 credits per job run and IP ranges are 450 credits per GB. Included network for self-hosted runners is 1 GB on Free and 5 GB on Performance.
- Add-onSupport and technical services
Performance offers an optional 8x5 support add-on and Scale an optional 24/7 support add-on. Technical services are Scale add-ons. No prices are published for these.
CircleCI products & modules
Sold separately from the base licence. Each one is its own line on the invoice.
| Module | What it adds | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Network, storage and caching | Network and storage overage is 420 credits per GB ($0.252 per GB). Docker Layer Caching is 200 credits per job run and IP ranges are 450 credits per GB. Included network for self-hosted runners is 1 GB on Free and 5 GB on Performance. | 420 credits / GB ($0.252) |
| Support and technical services | Performance offers an optional 8x5 support add-on and Scale an optional 24/7 support add-on. Technical services are Scale add-ons. No prices are published for these. | Quote |
CircleCI price change history
Every list-price and packaging change we hold. This page snapshots published prices on each check, so changes accumulate here over time.
No changes recorded yet. The first check was 4 November 2026.
CircleCI pricing FAQ
How much does CircleCI cost?
The Free plan costs $0 and includes 30,000 credits a month and 5 active users. Performance starts at $15 a month with 30,000 credits included, and extra credits cost $15 per 25,000. Scale is custom-priced and billed annually.
How does CircleCI charge?
CircleCI charges for the credits that builds consume, which depend on the resource class and the minutes used, plus active users beyond those included. Free plan credits expire after a month; paid credits roll over month to month and expire after a year.
Does CircleCI have a free plan?
Yes. The Free plan needs no credit card and gives 30,000 credits a month, up to 6,000 build minutes on the small Docker class. Open source projects can receive up to 400,000 credits a month for Linux, Arm and Docker.
What does CircleCI cost with add-ons?
Network and storage overage is 420 credits per GB, Docker Layer Caching is 200 credits per job run and extra Performance users cost 25,000 credits per user per month. Support add-ons and technical services are not priced publicly.
CircleCI alternatives & competitors
Priced like-for-like on the cheapest published paid tier.
| Vendor | Starts at | Licensing model | |
|---|---|---|---|
 GitHub | €3.58 per user / month | Per user / month; Free $0, Team $4, Enterprise $21; add-ons priced separately | Pricing → |
 GitLab | €25.01 per user / month, billed annually | Per user / month for Premium, billed annually; Ultimate by custom quote | Pricing → |
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* Prices marked * are converted from the vendor's published US list price at the ECB reference rate of Invalid Date, because CircleCI does not publish a EUR price. Converted figures are indicative: vendors set regional prices commercially, not by exchange rate, so your quote may differ.
Compiled by an automated agent from CircleCI's published pricing page on 4 November 2026, and reviewed by a Najar expert. Vendors change packaging without notice and regional pricing differs, so check the source before you budget or sign. Figures exclude tax. No affiliation with CircleCI.