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CircleCI pricing
CircleCI publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, CircleCI pricing is free, then $15/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $15/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
CircleCI plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 8 | Entry tier |
| Performance | $15/month | 9 | +$15/month, 8 more features |
| Scale | On request | 10 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers up to 6,000 build minutes (small docker resource class), up to 5 active users per month, 30,000 free credits per month, 30x concurrency, 1 gb network included, 2 gb storage included.
Performance
$15/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- 30,000 credits included monthly
- 5 active users included (additional users $15/month each)
- 80x concurrency
- 5 GB network included
- Access to larger resource classes
- 8x5 support SLAs available
- Ticket-based global support
- Option to purchase bulk credits at discount: $15 for every 25,000 credits
Scale
On requestOver Performance, this tier adds:
- Custom number of credits
- Customizable user limits
- Unlimited concurrency
- 50 GB network included
- 200 GB storage included
- Enterprise controls
- Access to GPU environments
- Largest resource classes
- 24/7 support add-on available
- Requires contacting sales
Where CircleCI stops being free
Free, Free
- Up to 6,000 build minutes (small Docker resource class)
- Up to 5 active users per month
- 30,000 free credits per month
- 30x concurrency
- 1 GB network included
- 2 GB storage included
- Community support
- Support for Docker, Windows, Linux, Arm, macOS, self-hosted runners
Performance, $15/month
The first thing you pay for:
- 30,000 credits included monthly
- 5 active users included (additional users $15/month each)
- 80x concurrency
- 5 GB network included
- Access to larger resource classes
- 8x5 support SLAs available
- Ticket-based global support
- Option to purchase bulk credits at discount: $15 for every 25,000 credits
How that compares in Testing
Too few testing tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CircleCI (this page) | Free, then $15/month | subscription | - | |
| Jest | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs CircleCI |
| Cucumber | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs CircleCI |
| Percy | Free | Freemium, paid tiers by screenshot volume | - | vs CircleCI |
| Detox | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs CircleCI |
| Appium | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs CircleCI |
| PractiTest | On request | Per user per month, yearly minimum on Corporate tier | - | vs CircleCI |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the CircleCI badges page.
Before you pay for CircleCI
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
CircleCI runs on not recorded, and is published by CircleCI of San Francisco, California, USA. The full record is on the CircleCI review, and the rest of the category is under best testing tools.
CircleCI pricing questions
- How much does CircleCI cost?
- CircleCI publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to On request for Scale. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does CircleCI have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers up to 6,000 build minutes (small docker resource class), up to 5 active users per month, 30,000 free credits per month. Paying starts at $15/month for Performance.
- What is the difference between Free and Performance on CircleCI?
- Performance costs $15/month against Free, and adds 30,000 credits included monthly, 5 active users included (additional users $15/month each), 80x concurrency, 5 gb network included.
- Is the Scale plan on CircleCI worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is custom number of credits, customizable user limits, unlimited concurrency, 50 gb network included. It costs On request against $15/month for Performance. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which testing tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 testing tools listed alongside CircleCI have a free tier: Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox, Appium.
- What am I actually paying for with CircleCI?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The CircleCI review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does CircleCI charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these CircleCI prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare CircleCI against before paying?
- The closest testing tools in this directory are Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox. Each has a side-by-side comparison with CircleCI covering price, platforms and features.