Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Buildkite
Buildkite clearly comes out ahead of GitLab on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $30/mo for Buildkite and $29/mo for GitLab.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | Buildkite | - |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | steep |
| Integration | - | high |
| Trending | Stable | Active |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSecSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | devops | developer-toolsdevops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | buildkite | gitlab |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Year Build Retention | ||
| For Individuals Working On Personal Projects And Open Source Contributions | ||
| 10 Concurrent Self-Hosted Agents Per Org/Mo | ||
| For Scaling Organizations Seeking Enhanced Productivity And Collaboration | ||
| 1Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined)/Mo | ||
| Includes $12 In Gitlab Credits/User/Month For Gitlab Duo Agent Platform | ||
| 2,000 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| 20Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined) Per Org/Mo | ||
| 250 Managed Tests Per Org/Mo | ||
| 3 Concurrent Jobs (Hosted+Self-Hosted) Per Org/Mo | ||
| 500 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| 50K Test Executions/Mo | ||
| 90 Days Build Retention | ||
| Advanced Governance & Control | ||
| Build Exports | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Custom Scim, Saml, Adfs | ||
| Github Enterprise Support | ||
| Job Retries Report | ||
| Pause Queues | ||
| Premium Support With Sla | ||
| Priority Email Support | ||
| Sso | ||
| Unlimited Pipelines | ||
| Unlimited Test Executions | ||
| User & Api Activity Audit Logs | ||
| Volume Discounts For Test Engine, Package Registries, And Hosted Agents | ||
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Buildkite comes out ahead overall, though GitLab 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 GitLab's start at $29/mo, so GitLab is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Buildkite and GitLab offer a free tier.
GitLab is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
