Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Buildkite
Buildkite clearly comes out ahead of Buddy on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $30/mo for Buildkite and $29/mo for Buddy.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | Buildkite | Buddy |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSecSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentAI & Machine LearningSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | devops | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | buildkite | buddy |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Year Build Retention | ||
| 1 Concurrents | ||
| 10 Concurrent Self-Hosted Agents Per Org/Mo | ||
| 1 Gb Of Pipeline Cache | ||
| 1Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined)/Mo | ||
| 1 Seat | ||
| 2,000 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| 10 Gb Of Pipeline Cache | ||
| 20Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined) Per Org/Mo | ||
| 14600 Sandbox Gb-Hours | ||
| 250 Managed Tests Per Org/Mo | ||
| 2 Concurrents | ||
| 3 Concurrent Jobs (Hosted+Self-Hosted) Per Org/Mo | ||
| 2 Seats | ||
| 500 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| 20 Gb Of Pipeline Cache | ||
| 50K Test Executions/Mo | ||
| 300 Pipeline Gb-Minutes | ||
| 90 Days Build Retention | ||
| 300 Sandbox Cpu-Minutes | ||
| Advanced Governance & Control | ||
| 3000 Pipeline Gb-Minutes | ||
| Build Exports | ||
| 5 Seats | ||
| Community Support | ||
| 6000 Pipeline Gb-Minutes | ||
| Custom Scim, Saml, Adfs | ||
| 730 Sandbox Gb-Hours | ||
| Github Enterprise Support | ||
| 7300 Sandbox Gb-Hours |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Buildkite comes out ahead overall, though Buddy can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Buildkite's paid plans start at $30/mo and Buddy's start at $29/mo, so Buddy is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Buildkite and Buddy offer a free tier.
