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Buildkite

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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · buildkite.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 69 / 100
Continuous Integration
Free tier
Self-serve checkout
Public API

Buildkite scores 69/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.

See Buildkite pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
Buildkite pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · buildkite.com/pricing
Personal
Free
Free forever
3 concurrent jobs
1 user
90‑day build retention
Community support
Pro
$30/user/mo
Unlimited users and test executions
All agent sizes + Mac M4
Cache volumes
Priority email support
SSO
Enterprise
Sales
Contact sales
Everything in Pro + volume discounts
SCIM/SAML/ADFS
Audit logs
Pipeline templates
Advanced governance & control
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How Buildkite scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

20 / 20

Free entry path

7 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
69 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
5 users on Pro plan
$150/mo
· Each user counted as an active user· No additional self‑hosted agents beyond the free 10
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Agent-ready
LLM score: 80/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

card
invoice

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

starting_at

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

No

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

Yes

Purchase orders supported

Yes

MSA required

No

DPA available

No

Security review required

No

Trial

30 days (no card)

Enterprise signals
Trust & compliance

SSO / SAML

Yes

RBAC

Yes

Audit logs

Yes

Data residency

US

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Replace Jenkins”

Buyer persona

developer
smb
enterprise

Replaces / compared against
Jenkins
Integrations mentioned
GitHub
Bitbucket
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Buildkite?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

✗

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
  • A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Buildkite could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Pricing — Build the CI/CD workflows you need.

tier_count

6

lowest_paid_entry_usd

null

free_tier

true

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

true

self_serve_paid_tiers

5

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

https://buildkite.com/docs

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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Page heading: Pricing
CTAs (40): Platform · Pipelines→Build the CI/CD workflows you need. · Test Engine→Remove flaky tests, split tests, optimize performance. · Package Registries→Speed up builds, lock down security. · Mobile Delivery Cloud→Supercharge your mobile app delivery. · Self-hosted agents · Mac hosted agents · Linux hosted agents · Agentic workflows→Building blocks for AI-powered CI. · Solutions · Replace JenkinsShift your software delivery into high gear. · Workflows for MLOpsShift your software delivery into high gear.
Price tokens (9): $0 · $ 0 · $ 30 · $2.50 · $0.10 · $1.25 · $2.50 · $0.10 · $1.25
PlatformCapabilitiesPipelines→Build the CI/CD workflows you need.Test Engine→Remove flaky tests, split tests, optimize performance.Package Registries→Speed up builds, lock down security.Mobile Delivery Cloud→Supercharge your mobile app delivery.Flexible computeSelf-hosted agentsMac hosted agentsLinux hosted agentsAgentic workflows→Building blocks for AI-powered CI.SolutionsReplace JenkinsShift your software delivery into high gear.Workflows for MLOpsShift your software delivery into high gear.Testing at scaleDeliver quickly and confidently, at any scale.Monorepo mojoScale your monorepo without scaling your problems.Bazel orchestrationUnlock full-speed Bazel with dynamic pipelines and unlimited scale.ResourcesExample pipelinesBrowse a collection of quick-start pipeline examples.WebinarsRegister for upcoming sessions or watch on-demand recordings.BlogInsights from the team building Buildkite.Public pipelinesSee public and open source projects powered by Buildkite.Case studiesReal-world customer success stories.EventsJoin us at industry conferences and community meetups.ChangelogPluginsMigration ServicesNewsletterFollow BuildkiteCompanyAboutThe people behind the world's fastest CI platform.CareersJoin the team! pipeline.yamlname: "Join Buildkite" description: "Fetch all jobs, filter by relevance, and apply" steps: - command: "curl -X GET 'https://boards-api.greenhouse.io/v1/boards/buildkite/jobs' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -v" label: ":terminal: Fetch latest jobs"Pr…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Buildkite
Approaching Agent-Ready

69

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Continuous Integration

Pricing model

Pricing — Build the CI/CD workflows you need.

Tier count

6

Free tier

Yes

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

5 / 0

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from buildkite.com/pricing
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Agent-ready
80/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

Buildkite pricing starts at $0/mo for the Personal plan; free plan available; paid plans up to $30/mo. Billed monthly.

Cheapest entry

Personal plan (Free)

Actions
Open live pricing page
Verdict reflects Approaching Agent-Ready status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://buildkite.com/pricing.
Agent-friendly features2 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

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