How much does WarpBuild cost?

WarpBuild publishes 12 tiers, from $0.002/minute for BYOC (Linux/Windows) up to $0.16/minute for macOS M4 Pro (12vCPU, 44GB). The cheapest paid tier is $0.002/minute.

Does WarpBuild have a free plan?

Not on the record we hold: WarpBuild is listed as Usage-based per minute, varies by runner configuration. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.

What is the difference between BYOC (Linux/Windows) and Linux ARM64 (2vCPU, 8GB) on WarpBuild?

Linux ARM64 (2vCPU, 8GB) costs $0.003/minute against $0.002/minute, and adds 2 vcpu arm, 8 gb ram, cost-effective.

Is the macOS M4 Pro (12vCPU, 44GB) plan on WarpBuild worth it?

That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 12 vcpu m4 pro, 44 gb ram. It costs $0.16/minute against $0.002/minute for BYOC (Linux/Windows). Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.

Which developer tools tools can I use without paying?

8 of the 8 developer tools tools listed alongside WarpBuild have a free tier: Swagger UI, Namespace, Bazel, Blacksmith, Earthly.

Does WarpBuild charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 12 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 WarpBuild 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 WarpBuild against before paying?

The closest developer tools tools in this directory are Swagger UI, Namespace, Bazel, Blacksmith. Each has a side-by-side comparison with WarpBuild covering price, platforms and features.

Developer Tools · pricing

WarpBuild pricing

WarpBuild publishes 12 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.

Entry price: On request
Model: Usage-based per minute, varies by runner configuration
Tiers: 12
Free tier: Not on record

WarpBuild 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.

WarpBuild pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
BYOC (Linux/Windows)	$0.002/minute	3	Entry tier
Linux ARM64 (2vCPU, 8GB)	$0.003/minute	3	+$0.001/minute, 3 more features
Linux x86-64 (2vCPU, 8GB)	$0.004/minute	3	+$0.001/minute, 2 more features
Linux ARM64 (4vCPU, 16GB)	$0.006/minute	2	+$0.002/minute, 2 more features
Linux x86-64 (4vCPU, 16GB)	$0.008/minute	3	+$0.002/minute, 2 more features
Linux x86-64 (8vCPU, 32GB)	$0.016/minute	3	+$0.008/minute, 3 more features
Windows x86-64 (4vCPU, 16GB)	$0.016/minute	2	+$0/minute, 2 more features
Linux x86-64 (16vCPU, 64GB)	$0.032/minute	3	+$0.016/minute, 3 more features
Windows x86-64 (8vCPU, 32GB)	$0.032/minute	2	+$0/minute, 2 more features
Linux x86-64 (32vCPU, 128GB)	$0.064/minute	3	+$0.032/minute, 3 more features
macOS M4 Pro (6vCPU, 22GB)	$0.08/minute	2	+$0.016/minute, 2 more features
macOS M4 Pro (12vCPU, 44GB)	$0.16/minute	2	+$0.08/minute, 2 more features

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.

BYOC (Linux/Windows)

$0.002/minute

The entry tier. It covers bring your own cloud, linux and windows support, additional add-ons free.

Linux ARM64 (2vCPU, 8GB)

$0.003/minute

Over BYOC (Linux/Windows), this tier adds:

2 vCPU ARM
8 GB RAM
Cost-effective

Linux x86-64 (2vCPU, 8GB)

$0.004/minute

Over Linux ARM64 (2vCPU, 8GB), this tier adds:

2 vCPU
Standard performance

Linux ARM64 (4vCPU, 16GB)

$0.006/minute

Over Linux x86-64 (2vCPU, 8GB), this tier adds:

4 vCPU ARM
16 GB RAM

Linux x86-64 (4vCPU, 16GB)

$0.008/minute

Over Linux ARM64 (4vCPU, 16GB), this tier adds:

4 vCPU
Increased performance

Linux x86-64 (8vCPU, 32GB)

$0.016/minute

Over Linux x86-64 (4vCPU, 16GB), this tier adds:

8 vCPU
32 GB RAM
High performance

Windows x86-64 (4vCPU, 16GB)

$0.016/minute

Over Linux x86-64 (8vCPU, 32GB), this tier adds:

4 vCPU
16 GB RAM

Linux x86-64 (16vCPU, 64GB)

$0.032/minute

Over Windows x86-64 (4vCPU, 16GB), this tier adds:

16 vCPU
64 GB RAM
Enterprise performance

Windows x86-64 (8vCPU, 32GB)

$0.032/minute

Over Linux x86-64 (16vCPU, 64GB), this tier adds:

8 vCPU
32 GB RAM

Linux x86-64 (32vCPU, 128GB)

$0.064/minute

Over Windows x86-64 (8vCPU, 32GB), this tier adds:

32 vCPU
128 GB RAM
Maximum performance

macOS M4 Pro (6vCPU, 22GB)

$0.08/minute

Over Linux x86-64 (32vCPU, 128GB), this tier adds:

6 vCPU M4 Pro
22 GB RAM

macOS M4 Pro (12vCPU, 44GB)

$0.16/minute

Over macOS M4 Pro (6vCPU, 22GB), this tier adds:

12 vCPU M4 Pro
44 GB RAM

What the product covers

The full WarpBuild feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

Core

Optimized runner infrastructure
Intelligent caching
Incremental builds
Multi-architecture support
Unlimited concurrency
Autoscaling
BYOC support
Docker builders

People bring WarpBuild in for accelerating ci builds for teams with high test volumes, running tests generated by ai coding assistants efficiently, reducing github actions costs by 50% or more, supporting teams that need arm64 architecture runners. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to WarpBuild are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Developer Tools

Too few developer tools 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.

WarpBuild entry price against other Developer Tools tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
WarpBuild (this page)	On request	Usage-based per minute, varies by runner configuration	-
Swagger UI	Free	Open source, no licence fee	-	vs WarpBuild
Namespace	Free, then $100/month	-	-	vs WarpBuild
Bazel	Free	open-source	-	vs WarpBuild
Blacksmith	Free, then $0.004/minute	-	-	vs WarpBuild
Earthly	Free	No pricing published on website	-	vs WarpBuild
Depot	Free, then $20/month	-	-	vs WarpBuild

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 WarpBuild badges page.

Before you pay for WarpBuild

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: 12 tiers between $0.002/minute and $0.16/minute, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare WarpBuild against the tools that do have one before committing.

WarpBuild runs on github actions, linux, windows, macos, cloud, and is published by WarpBuild. The full record is on the WarpBuild review, and the rest of the category is under best developer tools tools.

WarpBuild pricing on the vendor's own site