# Buildkite FinOps Surface
# Aligned with FinOps Framework / FOCUS data spec
specVersion: "0.1"
provider:
  aid: buildkite-com
  name: Buildkite
  url: https://buildkite.com/pricing
updated: "2026-05-25"
billingSurface:
  invoicingModel: subscription-with-usage
  cycle: monthly
  currency: USD
  contractAvailable: true
  selfServeSignup: true
costCategories:
- id: platform-seats
  name: Platform Active Users
  focusBillingCategory: subscription
  unit: active-user-month
  description: Pro plan billed at $30 per active user per month. Enterprise pricing is contract-based with
    volume discounts and a 30-user minimum.
- id: hosted-linux-compute
  name: Buildkite Hosted Linux Agents
  focusBillingCategory: usage
  unit: vCPU-minute
  description: Linux Hosted Agent compute, with 2,000 vCPU-minutes included per month on Pro. Overage is
    pay-as-you-go up to 48 vCPU concurrency.
- id: hosted-mac-m4-compute
  name: Buildkite Hosted Mac M4 Agents
  focusBillingCategory: usage
  unit: vCPU-minute
  description: Mac M4 Hosted Agent compute. Pay-as-you-go on Pro up to 24 vCPU concurrency.
- id: test-engine-tests
  name: Test Engine Managed Tests
  focusBillingCategory: usage
  unit: test-execution
  description: Test Engine billed per managed test execution. Pro plan includes 250 tests and bills $0.10 per
    additional test. Enterprise plans include unlimited managed tests.
- id: package-registries-storage
  name: Package Registries Storage
  focusBillingCategory: usage
  unit: GB-month
  description: Storage billed per GB-month. Pro plan includes 20GB and bills $1.25/GB beyond. Enterprise plans
    add SLSA provenance, license checks, and threat scanning.
allocation:
  byOrganization: true
  byPipeline: true
  byCluster: true
  byQueue: true
  byTeam: true
  byUser: true
  tags: supported via pipeline metadata and build exports
exports:
- id: build-exports
  name: Build Exports
  description: Enterprise-tier export of build, job, and agent run data for downstream BI, FinOps, and
    compliance pipelines.
  format:
  - json
  - csv
  availability: enterprise
- id: audit-logs
  name: Audit Logs
  description: Organization audit events covering API token usage, pipeline edits, agent registration, and
    security-sensitive changes.
  format:
  - json
  availability: enterprise
showback:
  graphqlSurface:
    description: GraphQL Audit Events and usage queries can be aggregated by organization, team, pipeline, or
      user for showback and chargeback reporting.
    endpoint: https://graphql.buildkite.com/v1
  apiSurface:
    description: REST API endpoints expose run counts, job durations, agent activity, artifact volumes, and
      cluster/queue routing — feed into the FinOps reporting layer.
    endpoint: https://api.buildkite.com/v2
optimizationLevers:
- Right-size Buildkite Hosted Agent vCPU per pipeline; bias to smaller agents where parallelism is high
- Move long-running build steps to self-hosted clusters when burst pricing exceeds hardware amortization
- Use Test Engine intelligent test splitting and flaky-test quarantine to reduce paid test executions
- Tune Package Registries retention to control GB-month storage cost
- Cap per-user API rate to prevent runaway integrations from inflating compute usage
sources:
- https://buildkite.com/pricing
- https://buildkite.com/docs
- https://buildkite.com/changelog