CircleCI Review
IT & DEVELOPMENT SOFTWAREChoose CircleCI when specialist CI/CD is the job — not GitHub the SCM by default, even though both sit in source-control-devops.
Last updated 2026-08-18Independent editorial review
Starting price
$15.00/user/month
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
No
Best for
Teams that want specialist CI/CD against an existing GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket remote
SoftwareGlimpse review
7.5/10
Good
- ease of use8
- it job fit8
- workflow depth8
- integrations8
- admin security7
- scalability8
CircleCI plans & pricing
Verified 2026-08-18 from circleci.com/pricing (high confidence). Free with 6k build minutes / 30k credits framing on page. Performance from $15/mo. Scale contact. Credits/minutes still dominate TCO above the $15 tile. Affiliate economics excluded.
Most popular
Performance
$15.00
per month
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Performance buyers
Scale
Custom
Contact sales
- Everything in Performance, plus:
- Organizations needing custom commercial terms
Estimate team cost
Rough monthly and annual cost for CircleCI based on list pricing. Confirm rates on the vendor site before buying.
- Monthly
- $0.00
- Annual
- $0.00
CircleCI pricing compared
| Metric | CircleCI | Buildkite | GitHub | GitLab | Azure DevOps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $15.00/user/month | $30.00/user/month | $4.00/user/month | $29.00/user/month | $6.00/user/month |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |