Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Azure Pipelines
Azure Pipelines clearly comes out ahead of Buildkite on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $6/mo for Azure Pipelines and $30/mo for Buildkite.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Microsoft | Buildkite |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSecSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | devops | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | azure-pipelines | buildkite |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Microsoft-Hosted Ci/Cd Parallel Job (1,800 Minutes/Month) | ||
| 1 Year Build Retention | ||
| 1 Self-Hosted Ci/Cd Parallel Job (Unlimited Minutes) | ||
| 10 Concurrent Self-Hosted Agents Per Org/Mo | ||
| 2 Gib Azure Artifacts Storage | ||
| 1Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined)/Mo | ||
| 5 Basic Users | ||
| 2,000 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| Access To Azure Boards, Repos, Pipelines, Artifacts | ||
| 20Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined) Per Org/Mo | ||
| Additional Microsoft-Hosted Ci/Cd Parallel Job | ||
| 250 Managed Tests Per Org/Mo | ||
| Azure Boards | ||
| 3 Concurrent Jobs (Hosted+Self-Hosted) Per Org/Mo | ||
| Azure Repos | ||
| 500 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| Everything In Basic | ||
| 50K Test Executions/Mo | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| 90 Days Build Retention | ||
| Exploratory Testing | ||
| Advanced Governance & Control | ||
| Manual Testing Tools | ||
| Build Exports | ||
| Test Case Management | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Custom Scim, Saml, Adfs | ||
| Github Enterprise Support | ||
| Job Retries Report | ||
| Pause Queues |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Azure Pipelines comes out ahead overall, though Buildkite can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Azure Pipelines's paid plans start at $6/mo and Buildkite's start at $30/mo, so Azure Pipelines is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Azure Pipelines and Buildkite offer a free tier.
Azure Pipelines scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
