CircleCI review

Paid plans start at $15, and a free plan is listed too, so entry cost can be nothing. That figure sits below the median entry price across the site, €13.15, which places CircleCI in the cheaper part of the field.

A free plan is listed, and free plan is the pricing model on offer, so nobody has to pay before testing a pipeline. The usage allowance stated for pricing is Up to 6000 build minutes, and free users work inside that same build minute ceiling until they move up.

The stated allowance is Up to 6000 build minutes, and that figure is the limit to plan around. If your team runs many pipelines, the allowance decides which tier fits rather than the headline price. CircleCI is an automation tool, automation, and build minutes are the unit that matters here.

Support runs on help centre and community, so help comes from a help centre and community. That suits engineers who already know their pipeline, while teams wanting guided setup on a new build stack should compare picks that list more channels.

The stated audience covers small business and enterprise, so it fits a small business that wants pipelines running quickly and an enterprise team standardizing delivery. The free plan makes starting easy on the smaller side, and readers shopping mainly on the smallest entry figure will find cheaper picks.

It is listed as automation, and it works on software build minutes, which is why Up to 6000 build minutes is the figure to read. Readers wanting a general trigger and action setup rather than build and test pipelines should compare other options before paying.

On entry price it sits at 110 out of 307 brands, so it is mid field. Its cost score is 6 and the overall score is 6. Lower entry figures exist, but this one pairs that range with a free plan.