BuildBuddy

What it is for

BuildBuddy is a hosted Bazel-results desk: you open an invocation, and Personal is Free. Use it when the job is build logs and remote cache you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official BuildBuddy invocation Timing tab (Acme / runner's test, Succeeded 1m48s, 4,902 targets, 17,185 actions, skyframe flame rows) from the docs still — not a pricing card. The 4,902 / 17,185 counts themselves are ops of the invocation. BuildBuddy bills Personal Free, prints $45 / core for Mac remote execution, and prints Team cache overage as $X / GB over 100 GB (do not invent that dollar).

Key features

• Invocations — a Bazel run you open and share (cover still; README). One invocation. Cover runner's test, Succeeded, and Compare / Share sit here.
• Targets — the pass/fail list inside an invocation (targets still). A target, not an invocation. Cover 4,902 targets sit here.
• Timing — the profile flame on the cover (cover Timing tab). A profile, not a target. Cover skyframe evaluator rows sit here.
• Artifacts — outputs you download from the invocation (README artifacts). An artifact, not a timing row.
• Test logs — per-test output surfaced in the UI (README test logs; cover Tests nav). A test log, not an artifact.

The CLI flags (bes_backend) are install. Remote cache GB and Mac cores are the meters. Trends / Flakes / Repos nav are views of invocations. Usage is the invoice.

Who it's for

Best fit: Bazel teams who will stay on Personal Free (10 users, 80 Linux cores, 100 GB cache) while they open a first invocation Timing tab, then pay Mac cores at $45 / core or a Team quote when cache transfer exceeds 100 GB.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from buildbuddy.io/pricing. Tiles print Personal Free / Team Pay-as-you-go / Enterprise.

• Personal — Free. Individuals, small teams, and open source. Up to 10 users. Up to 80 Linux remote-execution cores. 100 GB cache transfer. Community support.
• Team — Pay-as-you-go. Unlimited users. Up to 800 Linux cores. Cache transfer over 100 GB prints $X / GB on the page we fetched — do not invent that dollar. Email support.
• Mac remote execution — $45 / core on the Personal comparison row (Enterprise prints Unlimited).
• Enterprise — custom. SSO / SAML, invoice billing, unlimited cores, SLAs. Do not invent an Enterprise dollar.

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Limitations / costs

• Personal Free is 10 users, 80 Linux cores, 100 GB cache. Burst past that and the page wants Team — whose cache overage is printed as $X / GB, not a number we invent.
• Mac cores are $45 / core on Personal. Linux cores on Personal are the 80-core include, not unlimited Mac.
• A Bazel desk, not a generic CI. For Buildkite’s pipeline tile see Buildkite.

Alternatives

• Buildkite — pipelines when you want Buildkite’s $ CI desk, not a Bazel invocation viewer.
• Namespace — ephemeral runners when the job is a $ sandbox, not Bazel BES.
• Infracost — IaC cost comments when the “build” is Terraform, not Bazel.

Official tutorial

Official BuildBuddy channel video: BuildBuddy (oEmbed author: BuildBuddy). First-party product clip; the invocation Timing still is the cover. BazelCon talks are not first-party — we do not embed those.

Written path: buildbuddy.io/pricing plus the Timing still.

Website

https://www.buildbuddy.io

Repository

https://github.com/buildbuddy-io/buildbuddy

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official BuildBuddy invocation Timing tab from the docs still. Dollars checked on buildbuddy.io/pricing (Personal Free; Mac $45/core; Team cache overage printed $X/GB; Enterprise custom). Tutorial oEmbed author: BuildBuddy.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.