Pick CircleCI if
teams who will stay on Free at $0 (30k credits, 5 users) while they open a first pipelines dashboard, then Performance when a sixth committer is $15/month or they buy another 25,000 credits for $15.
Read the CircleCI pageCircleCI vs Depot
Our take
Pick CircleCI if teams who will stay on Free at $0 (30k credits, 5 users) while they open a first pipelines dashboard, then Performance when a sixth committer is $15/month or they buy another 25,000 credits for $15. 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
CircleCI A CI pipeline you start at $0
Depot Docker / Actions minutes you start at $20
Free plan
CircleCI $0 · 30,000 credits / month (expire; no rollover). 5 active users. Up to 6,000 small-Docker minutes. 30× concurrency. 1 GB runner network. 2 GB storage
Depot No free plan
Lowest paid
CircleCI Performance $15/mo
Depot Overage $0.006
Next step up
CircleCI Prepaid credits $600
Depot Developer $20
Runs where
CircleCI Hosted
Depot Local or hosted
Watch out
CircleCI Free credits expire monthly
Depot Developer is 1 user and 500 container minutes
Last checked
CircleCI 2026-10-23 · circleci.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