GitLab

What it is for

GitLab is a hosted pipeline-graph desk: you watch 15 jobs go green, and GitLab.com Free is $0 per user/month (5 users per top-level group, 400 compute minutes, 10 GiB storage). Use it when the job is a DevSecOps pipeline you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is GitLab’s official pipeline details (Ruby 3.2.6 master, 15 jobs passed, stages sync / prepare / build-images / lint) from the CI still — not a seat card. The stages themselves are ops of Pipelines.

Key features

• Pipeline details — stages and jobs on one graph (cover still; pipelines). One desk. Cover clone-gitlab-repo / build-gdk-image sit here.
• Source code management — the repo the pipeline builds (pricing). A tree, not a job node.
• CI/CD — .gitlab-ci.yml on Free; Advanced CI/CD on Premium (pricing). A config, not the graph.
• SAST — Static Application Security Testing on Free (pricing). A scan, not a lint job.
• Project management — issues / planning (Premium+) (pricing). A board, not the pipeline.

Job dependencies toggle on the cover is a control (not a desk). Free 400 minutes and Premium $29/user/month yearly are the meter. Ultimate did not print a $ on the card we fetched — do not invent $99.

Who it's for

Best fit: teams who will stay on Free at $0 (5 users, 400 minutes) while they open a first pipeline graph, then Premium at $29/user/month billed yearly when they need unlimited licensed users and 10,000 compute minutes.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from about.gitlab.com/pricing.

• Free (GitLab.com) — $0 per user/month. No credit card. 5 users per top-level group. 400 compute minutes / month. 10 GiB storage. SCM + CI/CD. SAST. GitLab Credits are an add-on for Duo.
• Premium — $29 per user/month, billed annually. Unlimited licensed users. 10,000 compute minutes. Advanced CI/CD. Team project management. Priority support. $12 included GitLab Credits per user/month.
• Ultimate — the card we opened listed features (50,000 minutes, security, compliance) and $24 included Credits / user/month. It did not print an Ultimate seat $. Confirm checkout — do not invent one.
• GitLab Credits — usage add-on for Duo / extras. List rate $1 / credit is printed next to seats.
• Self-managed / Dedicated — Free self-managed brings your own runners; Dedicated is isolated. Confirm the live quote.

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Limitations / costs

• Free is 5 users and 400 minutes. A sixth user or a fat pipeline is Premium, not a second Free group.
• Ultimate $ was hidden on the card we fetched. Quote only Free $0 and Premium $29/user/mo yearly.
• A pipeline-graph desk, not Buildkite’s agent grid. For that grid see Buildkite.

Alternatives

• Buildkite — CI when you want Buildkite’s public Pro $, not GitLab’s 400 Free minutes.
• Trigger.dev — background jobs when you want Trigger’s public $, not .gitlab-ci.yml.
• Linear — issues when you want Linear’s public $, not GitLab Premium planning.

Official tutorial

Written path: CI pipelines plus about.gitlab.com/pricing. We did not embed a GitLab YouTube — oEmbed author was not verified as official.

Website

https://about.gitlab.com

Repository

https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is GitLab’s official pipeline-details still (Ruby 3.2.6 + 15 passed jobs). Dollars checked on about.gitlab.com/pricing (Free $0; Premium $29/user/mo yearly). Ultimate seat $ not printed.

Last verified

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