Compare CircleCI and GitLab CI free tiers side by side. Pricing, limits, change history, and risk assessment for developers.

CircleCI vs GitLab CI

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Catalogue dates here run to 2026-09-21.

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Verdict

Both CircleCI and GitLab CI offer free tiers. CircleCI provides "Free" while GitLab CI offers "Free".

A verdict here is not a fixed property of the vendor. A one-off pricing event demotes a vendor while its recorded date falls in the last 180 days and then lapses on its own, with nothing about the vendor having changed; a standing condition — a free tier withdrawn, a product retired — does not lapse with time. A badge carrying a date states the record it rests on; a badge with no date rests on no record in force.

CircleCI

Riskstable
CategoryCI/CD
TierFree
Verified2026-08-20
Last read2026-09-19
Changes1 recorded
The Free plan includes 30,000 credits/month, 5 active users, and options for different resource classes (Docker, Windows, Linux, Arm, macOS) with varying concurrency levels (30x for Docker, Linux, Arm, Windows VM, and macOS VM).

GitLab CI

Riskstable
CategoryCI/CD
TierFree
Verified2026-09-21
Last read2026-09-21
Changes0 recorded
400 compute minutes/month, 10 GiB storage, 5 users. New accounts limited to 3 top-level groups

Pricing Change History

CircleCI

increased discovered 2026-09-03 · effective date unknown medium impact
CircleCI's plan table began listing the (x86) Docker (Gen 2) Small, Medium, Medium+ and Large resource classes as available on the Free plan, between the Internet Archive's captures of 2026-08-29 and 2026-09-01. The Free plan's 30,000 credits a month, up to 5 active users and 30x concurrency did not change. Source ↗

GitLab CI

No recorded pricing changes for GitLab CI.

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