# Buildkite

Buildkite-hosted agents for Buildkite Pipelines, billed per vCPU minute on top of a Buildkite platform plan.

- Operated by: Buildkite Pty Ltd
- Status: Active [1]
- Website: https://buildkite.com
- Categories: CI runners
- Checked: 31 Oct 2026

## Buildkite hosted agents (CI runners)

- Lowest price: $0.008 /min (LINUX_AMD64_2X4 (Small))
- 5-min job: $0.04 (Linux x64, 2 vCPU · rank 14 of 15)
- Billed: Per second (metered: usage billed afterwards)
- Sizes: 11 sizes (Linux, macOS, Windows · 2–12 vCPU)

What to know:

- $30/mo plan: This price only applies on a plan of at least $30 a month.

### Plans

- Free: Free; Up to 5 users; hosted agents: Small Linux AMD64 only, up to 2,000 Linux vCPU minutes a month, up to 20 concurrent vCPUs [1]
- Pro: $30 per user /month; Per active user, up to 50 users; 4,000 Linux AMD64 vCPU minutes a month; Small to Large Linux AMD64/ARM64 and Windows, M4 Medium/Large Mac pay as you go; concurrency 256 Linux AMD64 / 64 ARM64 / 48 Mac / 64 Windows vCPUs [1]
- Enterprise: unknown (Custom pricing (contact sales) on the pricing page); Unlimited users with a 30-user minimum, volume discounts, larger shapes on request, remote Docker builders [1]

### Billing

- Payment: Metered: usage billed afterwards [1]
- Plan minimum: $30 a month [1]
- Billing increment: Per second [1]
- Minimum charge: None [1]
- Per-job fee: None [1]

### Limits

- vCPU: unknown (Not stated on the pricing or hosted agents docs pages; the network security page only says the infrastructure is shared across customers) [2]
- Concurrent jobs: unknown (Limits are set in concurrent vCPUs, not jobs: on Pro 256 Linux AMD64, 64 Linux ARM64, 48 M4 Mac and 64 Windows vCPUs) [2]
- Max job length: 8 h [2]

### Setup

- Setup billed: No [2]
- Billed setup per job: 0 s [2]

### Platform

- CI systems: Buildkite [3]
- Hosting: Managed [3]
- Regions: US East Coast [3]

### Free allowance

- Minutes a month: unknown (The Free plan includes up to 2,000 Linux vCPU minutes a month (Small shape only) and Pro includes 4,000 Linux AMD64 vCPU minutes; quoted in vCPU minutes, not runner minutes) [1]
- Credit a month: None [1]
- One-time credit: None [1]

### Cache

- Included: unknown (Cache volumes default to 20 GB (also the minimum size); no total or cap is published) [4]
- Extra storage: $0 per GB-month [4]
- Docker layer cache: No [4]
- Persistent disks: Yes [4]

### Features

- SSH debugging: Yes [5]
- Static IPs: Yes [5]
- GPU runners: No [5]
- SOC 2: Yes [5]

### Prices

| Size | OS | Arch | vCPU | RAM | Disk | CPU | Plan | Price | Per minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINUX_AMD64_2X4 (Small) | Linux | x64 | 2 | 4 GB | 47 GB | unknown | any | $0.008 /min [1] | $0.008 |
| LINUX_AMD64_4X16 (Medium) | Linux | x64 | 4 | 16 GB | 95 GB | unknown | Pro | $0.016 /min [1] | $0.016 |
| LINUX_AMD64_8X32 (Large) | Linux | x64 | 8 | 32 GB | 158 GB | unknown | Pro | $0.032 /min [1] | $0.032 |
| LINUX_ARM64_2X4 (Small) | Linux | arm64 | 2 | 4 GB | 47 GB | unknown | Pro | $0.008 /min [1] | $0.008 |
| LINUX_ARM64_4X16 (Medium) | Linux | arm64 | 4 | 16 GB | 95 GB | unknown | Pro | $0.016 /min [1] | $0.016 |
| LINUX_ARM64_8X32 (Large) | Linux | arm64 | 8 | 32 GB | 158 GB | unknown | Pro | $0.032 /min [1] | $0.032 |
| MACOS_ARM64_M4_6X28 (M4 Medium) | macOS | arm64 | 6 | 28 GB | 182 GB | Apple M4 | Pro | $0.12 /min [1] | $0.12 |
| MACOS_ARM64_M4_12X56 (M4 Large) | macOS | arm64 | 12 | 56 GB | 294 GB | Apple M4 | Pro | $0.24 /min [1] | $0.24 |
| WINDOWS_AMD64_2X8 (Small) | Windows | x64 | 2 | 8 GB | unknown | unknown | Pro | $0.016 /min [1] | $0.016 |
| WINDOWS_AMD64_4X16 (Medium) | Windows | x64 | 4 | 16 GB | unknown | unknown | Pro | $0.032 /min [1] | $0.032 |
| WINDOWS_AMD64_8X32 (Large) | Windows | x64 | 8 | 32 GB | unknown | unknown | Pro | $0.064 /min [1] | $0.064 |

- The per-minute rates need the Pro plan ($30 per active user a month). The Free plan runs only the Small Linux AMD64 shape, up to 2,000 vCPU minutes and 20 vCPUs at once.
- Prices are set per vCPU minute ($0.004 Linux, $0.008 Windows, $0.02 Mac); the size prices below are the effective per-minute rates on the pricing page.
- Pro includes 4,000 Linux AMD64 vCPU minutes a month; Linux ARM64, Mac and Windows are pay-as-you-go.
- Extra Large to 3XL Linux shapes (16 to 64 vCPU) and Windows Extra Large (16 vCPU) are Enterprise-only, priced on request.
- Windows hosted agents are in private preview and must be enabled for the organization.
- Remote Docker builders (with layer caching) are Enterprise-only.
- Static IP addresses are available on request; the default egress ranges are not strictly static and can be shared between customers.
- Hosted agents run in US East Coast data centers.

## Sources

[1] https://buildkite.com/pricing (checked 31 Oct 2026)
[2] https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/buildkite-hosted/linux (checked 31 Oct 2026)
[3] https://buildkite.com/docs/pipelines/hosted-agents (checked 31 Oct 2026)
[4] https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/buildkite-hosted/cache-volumes (checked 31 Oct 2026)
[5] https://buildkite.com/about/security/ (checked 31 Oct 2026)