Pick Buildkite if
cI teams who will stay on Free at $0 while they create a first pipeline, then buy Pro at $30 / active user / month when they need more than 10 self-hosted agents or hosted minutes.
Read the Buildkite pageBuildkite vs Depot
Our take
Pick Buildkite if cI teams who will stay on Free at $0 while they create a first pipeline, then buy Pro at $30 / active user / month when they need more than 10 self-hosted agents or hosted minutes. Pick Depot if teams who will take the 7-day trial, then stay on Developer at $20 / month while they run a first job graph — and will jump to Startup at $200 / month when they need 20,000 Actions minutes.
Depot
hosted build-and-Actions desk
Best for
Buildkite YAML steps you start at $0 (self-hosted agents or hosted minutes)
Depot Docker / Actions minutes you start at $20
Free plan
Buildkite $0 · solo / small teams. Up to 250 concurrent jobs and 50 active users on the compare we fetched
Depot No free plan
Lowest paid
Buildkite Linux hosted agents $0.004
Depot Overage $0.006
Next step up
Buildkite Mac hosted agents $0.02
Depot Developer $20
Coding agent
Buildkite Self-hosted agents
Depot
Runs where
Buildkite Local or hosted
Depot Local or hosted
Watch out
Buildkite Free $0 is not unlimited hosted minutes
Depot Developer is 1 user and 500 container minutes
Last checked
Buildkite 2026-10-23 · buildkite.com/pricing
Depot 2026-10-23 · depot.dev/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Depot if
teams who will take the 7-day trial, then stay on Developer at $20 / month while they run a first job graph — and will jump to Startup at $200 / month when they need 20,000 Actions minutes.
Read the Depot page