Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Buildkite
Buildkite clearly comes out ahead of Roadie on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Buildkite has a free tier; Roadie does not. Paid plans start at $30/mo for Buildkite and $24/mo for Roadie.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Buildkite | Roadie |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSecSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud | Development |
| Categories | devops | developer-tools |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | buildkite | roadie |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Year Build Retention | ||
| 75+ Open-Source Plugins | ||
| 10 Concurrent Self-Hosted Agents Per Org/Mo | ||
| Advanced Search | ||
| 1Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined)/Mo | ||
| Automatic Backstage Upgrades | ||
| 2,000 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| Backstage Software Catalog | ||
| 20Gb Storage & Bandwidth (Combined) Per Org/Mo | ||
| Custom Rbac | ||
| 250 Managed Tests Per Org/Mo | ||
| Custom, Private Backstage Plugins | ||
| 3 Concurrent Jobs (Hosted+Self-Hosted) Per Org/Mo | ||
| Everything In Teams | ||
| 500 Minutes/Month Hosted Agents | ||
| Rag Ai & Mcp Server Access (Beta) | ||
| 50K Test Executions/Mo | ||
| Rest Api Access | ||
| 90 Days Build Retention | ||
| Secure On-Prem Connection | ||
| Advanced Governance & Control | ||
| Self-Service Automation Templates | ||
| Build Exports | ||
| Single Sign-On | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Sla | ||
| Custom Scim, Saml, Adfs | ||
| Slack & Ms Teams Support | ||
| Github Enterprise Support | ||
| Techdocs & Api Specs |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Buildkite comes out ahead overall, though Roadie 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 Roadie's start at $24/mo, so Roadie is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Buildkite offers a free tier; Roadie does not currently list one.
Roadie scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
