specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Azure Pipelines
providerId: microsoft-azure-pipelines
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Automation
  - Build
  - CI/CD
  - Deployment
  - DevOps
  - Pipelines
description: Azure Pipelines is priced by parallel job (concurrency), not by user. Each pipeline
  run consumes one parallel job at a time. Two flavors are sold separately — Microsoft-hosted
  parallel jobs (Microsoft manages agent VMs) at $40/job/month and self-hosted parallel jobs
  (you provide infrastructure) at $15/job/month. The platform offers a free tier that depends
  on whether the project is public or private and is currently disabled by default for new
  organizations (must be requested). Visual Studio Enterprise subscribers get one free
  self-hosted job each. Pipelines is also bundled in Azure DevOps Services alongside Repos,
  Boards, and Artifacts.
sources:
  - https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/devops/azure-devops-services/
  - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/licensing/concurrent-jobs
plans:
  - id: microsoft-azure-pipelines-free-public
    name: Free — Public Project
    type: freemium
    description: Up to 10 free Microsoft-hosted parallel jobs (360-min per run, no monthly cap)
      and unlimited self-hosted jobs for public projects. Free grant must be requested for new
      orgs.
    entries:
      - label: Microsoft-hosted parallel jobs
        name: hosted_parallel_jobs_public
        type: quota
        metric: parallel-job
        limit: 10
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per-run duration cap
        name: job_duration_public
        type: quota
        metric: minute
        limit: 360
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Self-hosted parallel jobs
        name: selfhosted_jobs_public
        type: quota
        metric: parallel-job
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: GitHub-integrated CI for OSS
      - name: No monthly minutes cap
      - name: 360-min per-run limit
  - id: microsoft-azure-pipelines-free-private
    name: Free — Private Project
    type: freemium
    description: One free Microsoft-hosted parallel job, capped at 1,800 minutes/month and
      60-minute per run. One free self-hosted job plus one per VS Enterprise subscriber.
    entries:
      - label: Microsoft-hosted parallel job
        name: hosted_parallel_jobs_private
        type: quota
        metric: parallel-job
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly Microsoft-hosted minutes cap
        name: hosted_minutes_cap
        type: quota
        metric: minute
        limit: 1800
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Self-hosted parallel job (base)
        name: selfhosted_base
        type: quota
        metric: parallel-job
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per-VS-Enterprise bonus self-hosted job
        name: selfhosted_vs_bonus
        type: quota
        metric: parallel-job
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: 60-minute per-run cap
      - name: VS Enterprise bonus jobs auto-detected
  - id: microsoft-azure-pipelines-microsoft-hosted
    name: Microsoft-hosted Parallel Jobs (Paid)
    type: subscription
    description: Buy concurrency on Microsoft-managed agents. $40 per parallel job per month.
      Removes monthly minutes cap; up to 360-minute runs. New organizations capped at 25 jobs
      until support increase.
    entries:
      - label: Per parallel job per month
        name: hosted_paid
        type: subscription
        metric: parallel-job-month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$40 per parallel job per month'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Linux / Windows / macOS agents
      - name: Microsoft manages OS / runtime images
      - name: 360-min per-run cap
  - id: microsoft-azure-pipelines-self-hosted
    name: Self-hosted Parallel Jobs (Paid)
    type: subscription
    description: Buy concurrency for your own runner infrastructure. $15 per parallel job per
      month. No per-run timeout.
    entries:
      - label: Per parallel job per month
        name: selfhosted_paid
        type: subscription
        metric: parallel-job-month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$15 per parallel job per month'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: No per-run timeout
      - name: Run on any platform you control
      - name: Unlimited registered agents per parallel job
  - id: microsoft-azure-pipelines-legacy-perminute
    name: Legacy Per-Minute Plan (Grandfathered)
    type: usage-based
    description: Closed to new orgs. $0.05/min for the first 20 paid hours per month, $0.01/min
      thereafter. Single-job concurrency.
    entries:
      - label: Per minute (first 20 paid hours)
        name: legacy_min_first_20h
        type: metered
        metric: minute
        limit: 1200
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$0.05 per minute'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per minute (after 20 paid hours)
        name: legacy_min_after_20h
        type: metered
        metric: minute
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '$0.01 per minute'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Single concurrent job
      - name: Grandfathered customers only
  - id: microsoft-azure-pipelines-enterprise
    name: Enterprise / Volume Licensing
    type: enterprise
    description: Volume Licensing, Enterprise Agreement, or Microsoft Customer Agreement
      negotiated terms; bundled with Visual Studio subscriptions.
    entries:
      - label: Negotiated rate
        name: ea_negotiated
        type: subscription
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Volume discounts
      - name: VS Enterprise / VS Professional bundling
      - name: Dedicated technical account management
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/services/devops/pipelines/
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - free
  - metered
  - subscription
  units:
  - compute
  - negotiated
  plans:
  - name: Free — Public Project
    access: freemium
    model: free
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - compute
    - other
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: Free — Private Project
    access: freemium
    model: free
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - compute
    - other
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Microsoft-hosted Parallel Jobs (Paid)
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Self-hosted Parallel Jobs (Paid)
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Legacy Per-Minute Plan (Grandfathered)
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - compute
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Enterprise / Volume Licensing
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - negotiated
    periods:
    - month