DevOps Software Pricing (2026)
What 11 devops tools actually charge, taken from their own pricing pages and re-checked as they change. Cheapest first.
Pricing verified Aug 05, 2026
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DevOps pricing at a glance
| Product | Entry price | Plans | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CircleCI | $15/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| TeamCity | $15/mo | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| Buildkite | $30/mo | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| Pulumi | $40/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Unleash | $75/mo | 2 | No | Yes |
| Portainer | $105/mo | 6 | Yes | Yes |
| env0 | $1500/mo | 3 | No | Yes |
| Harness | Custom | 3 | Yes | No |
| Octopus Deploy | Custom | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| Spacelift | Custom | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Terraform Cloud | Custom | 3 | No | No |
Every devops tool we track, cheapest first
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CircleCI
Continuous integration and delivery platform.
CircleCI sits mid-pack against GitHub Actions and GitLab CI — pricier than bundled-in options for teams already living in GitHub, but positioned as the specialist tool for orgs that want dedicated CI/CD performance without going full enterprise DevOps platform. They're chasing teams who've outgrown Jenkins or hit friction with GitHub Actions' concurrency limits but aren't ready for GitLab's whole-lifecycle price tag.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Performance $15/mo · Scale Contact Sales
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TeamCity
CI/CD server from JetBrains.
They're not the cheapest CI/CD option — GitHub Actions and GitLab CI are deeply embedded in dev workflows and often feel 'free' by comparison — but TeamCity targets teams that want serious on-prem control or JetBrains ecosystem alignment. The $2,399 flat server license is a mid-market play, not a startup-friendly entry point.
Plans: Professional $0/mo · Cloud $15/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Buildkite
Scalable CI/CD pipelines.
Sitting mid-market against CircleCI and GitHub Actions, Buildkite isn't fighting on price — it's picking off engineering orgs that want hybrid/self-hosted agent control without going full enterprise-only like Harness. The free tier and no-CC trial signal they're trying to hook technical users first, then sell the org later.
Plans: Personal $0/mo · Pro $30/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Pulumi
Infrastructure as code in real languages.
Pulumi is positioning as a premium alternative to Terraform — more developer-friendly, cloud-agnostic, and priced to reflect that. At $40/mo for Team they're accessible, but the per-resource-hour billing means costs can climb fast at scale, putting them closer to mid-market than budget territory.
Plans: Individual $0/mo · Team $40/mo · Enterprise $400/mo · Business Critical Contact Sales
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Unleash
Open-source feature management.
At $75/mo they're not trying to be the cheapest option in feature flagging — LaunchDarkly starts higher but has more transparent seat-level pricing, while open-source self-hosted Unleash is free, which creates an interesting internal competitor to their own paid tiers. They're positioning the paid cloud product at teams who want managed infrastructure without enterprise procurement overhead.
Plans: Pay-As-You-Go $75/mo per seat · CUSTOM ENTERPRISE Contact Sales
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Portainer
Container management UI.
At ~$105-$209/mo for self-serve tiers, Portainer is positioned as an accessible mid-market option in the container management space — cheaper than enterprise Kubernetes platforms but priced above pure open-source alternatives. They're clearly targeting DevOps and infrastructure teams at growth-stage companies who've outgrown DIY but aren't ready for Rancher or OpenShift pricing.
Plans: Starter $105/mo · Scale $209/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales · IIoT Professional Contact Sales · IIoT Enterprise Contact Sales · Home & Student Contact Sales
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env0
Self-service IaC management.
At $1,500/month floor with no free plan, they're not fishing for scrappy startups — this is a mid-market and enterprise play competing with Terraform Cloud Business and Spacelift. They're positioning as a serious IaC orchestration platform, not a hobbyist tool, and the marketplace availability on AWS, Azure, and GCP signals they're targeting buyers with existing cloud spend commitments.
Plans: env zero Cloud Compass $1500/mo · env zero Cloud Navigator Contact Sales · env zero Cloud Pilot Contact Sales
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Harness
AI-native software delivery platform.
Harness is positioning as a premium, enterprise-grade alternative to GitHub Actions and Jenkins — they're not trying to win on price, they're targeting mid-to-large engineering orgs that need a unified platform and are willing to pay for it without ever seeing a price tag.
Plans: Free Plan $0/mo · Essentials Plan Contact Sales · Enterprise Plan Contact Sales
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Octopus Deploy
Deployment automation at scale.
Sitting above open-source alternatives like ArgoCD or Jenkins but below the full-platform cost of something like Harness or Azure DevOps at scale, Octopus is pitching itself as the serious-but-not-enterprise-bloated option. They're clearly going after mid-market engineering teams who've outgrown DIY CI/CD pipelines.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Professional Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Spacelift
Infrastructure orchestration for IaC.
At $20K/year as an entry point for paid plans, Spacelift is positioning squarely in the mid-to-enterprise IaC automation space — not competing on price with open-source Atlantis or lightweight CI hacks, but going after teams that have outgrown DIY and need something closer to Terraform Cloud Business or Env0's enterprise tier.
Plans: Starter + Contact Sales · Business Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales · Enterprise + Contact Sales
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Terraform Cloud
Managed Terraform by HashiCorp.
With no free plan, no trial, and zero visible pricing, this isn't built to compete on affordability — it's positioned as the default choice for teams already committed to the Terraform ecosystem who need enterprise-grade governance. HashiCorp is betting that lock-in from existing Terraform usage matters more than price transparency, which works against them with smaller teams comparing options like Spacelift or env0 that publish real numbers.
Plans: Pay-as-You-Go (PAYG) Contact Sales · Flex Contact Sales · Enterprise Self Managed Contact Sales
DevOps Software Pricing FAQ
- How much does devops software cost?
- Entry prices run from $15/mo (CircleCI) to $1500/mo (env0), with a median entry price of $40/mo across the 7 priced products we track.
- What is the cheapest devops software?
- CircleCI has the lowest entry price of the devops software we track, at $15/mo. TeamCity ($15/mo) and Buildkite ($30/mo) are next. CircleCI and TeamCity are free to start on.
- Is there free devops software?
- Yes — CircleCI, TeamCity, Buildkite and 5 more offer a free plan.
- How is devops software usually priced?
- 5 of the 11 devops tools we track use hybrid pricing, against 2 on usage based and 2 on custom.