CircleCI vs env0 Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Free
- Up to 6,000 build minutes
- Up to 5 active users/month
- Docker, Windows, Linux, Arm, macOS, self hosted runners
- 30x concurrency
Performance
- 30,000 credits included free
- 5 active users included free
- Larger resources
- 80x concurrency
- Optional 8x5 support add-on
Scale
- Customizable plans
- Enterprise controls
- Largest resource classes
- All environments, even GPU
- Optional 24/7 support add-on
env zero Cloud Compass
- Track IaC coverage
- Auto-Assess Risk
- IaC Code Generator
- Basic Drift Cause
- Drift Risk
- IaC Coverage Tracking
- Risk Assessment
- Email Support
env zero Cloud Navigator
- IaC automation & GitOps
- Basic Drift management (detection, cause, code-to-cloud redeployment)
- Managed self-service
- Basic visibility & dashboards
- Private registry
- Access controls (RBAC)
- Governance & Compliance
- Ready-to-use policies
- Basic integrations
- IaC Coverage Tracking
- Risk Assessment
- IaC Code Generator
- GitOps Workflows
- Deploy from PR Comments
- Custom Workflows
- Workflows
- Self-hosted Source Control (inc. Bitbucket, GitLab & GitHub)
- Drift Detection and Alerting
- Drift Cause Analysis
- Drift Remediation: Update your cloud
- Environment Discovery
- Slack/Teams and Email Notifications
- Environment Scheduling
- Environment Time to Live (TTL)
- Custom TTL Policies
- Cost Estimation (via Infracost)
- Monitoring Dashboards
- Deployment & Audit Log Forwarding
- Audit Logs
- Remote State Storage
- Remote Plan
- Remote Apply
- Self-hosted Remote State
- Private Module Registry
- Private Provider Registry
- Module Testing
- Role-Based Access Control
- OpenID Connect
- SAML Integration
- Team Synchronization from SAML
- Environment-Level Access
- Custom RBAC Roles
- Custom Approval Policies
- Access to SOC 2 Report
- Self-hosted Agent
- API Keys
- Plugins
- Terraform/OpenTofu Provider
- Email Support
- Dedicated POC Support
- Shared Slack/Teams Channel
env zero Cloud Pilot
- Cloud Analyst (AI agent & dashboards)
- Advanced Drift Cause Analysis, Remediation, & Monitoring
- Cost Management
- Self-hosted VCS
- Proof-of-Value Guarantee
- Advanced integrations into existing tools
- IaC Coverage Tracking
- Risk Assessment
- IaC Code Generator
- GitOps Workflows
- Deploy from PR Comments
- Custom Workflows
- Workflows
- Self-hosted Source Control (inc. Bitbucket, GitLab & GitHub)
- Drift Detection and Alerting
- Drift Cause Analysis
- Drift Monitoring Dashboard
- Drift Remediation: Update your cloud
- Drift Remediation: Update your code
- Environment Discovery
- Slack/Teams and Email Notifications
- Environment Scheduling
- Environment Time to Live (TTL)
- Custom TTL Policies
- Cost Estimation (via Infracost)
- Actual Cost Visibility
- Centralized Cost Tagging Controls
- Cost Alerts
- Budget Thresholds
- Monitoring Dashboards
- Deployment & Audit Log Forwarding
- Audit Logs
- Cloud Analyst (AI-powered insights)
- AI Summary
- Remote State Storage
- Remote Plan
- Remote Apply
- Self-hosted Remote State
- Private Module Registry
- Private Provider Registry
- Module Testing
- Role-Based Access Control
- OpenID Connect
- SAML Integration
- Team Synchronization from SAML
- Environment-Level Access
- Custom RBAC Roles
- Custom Approval Policies
- Access to SOC 2 Report
- Self-hosted Agent
- API Keys
- Plugins
- Terraform/OpenTofu Provider
- IDP
- FinOps
- Observability
- PAC/SAST
- Email Support
- Dedicated POC Support
- Shared Slack/Teams Channel
- Enterprise SLA
- env zero POC Guarantee
CircleCI vs env0 FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- CircleCI starts lower at $15/mo, compared to $1500/mo for env0.
- Can I use either one for free?
- CircleCI has a free plan. env0 doesn't — though they do offer a free trial.
- How do they charge?
- Both use a usage-based model, so the comparison is straightforward — it comes down to features and limits at each price point.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. CircleCI: CircleCI sits in the mid-market, competing on developer experience and ecosystem depth rather than being the cheapest option — GitHub Actions undercuts them on cost for teams already in that ecosystem, while Jenkins is free but painful. They're targeting engineering-forward teams who want a polished, dedicated CI/CD platform and are willing to pay for reliability over DIY. env0: 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.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for CircleCI and env0 and let you know when something moves.