Semaphore pricing in 2026
Hosted CI/CD service billed per minute of build machine time. How Semaphore charges, its plans and the alternatives.
Billing
Pay as you use
Plans
Semaphore plans and prices
1 plan with a public price, in US dollars.
Free credits
$0No fixed fee · pay per use
- $15 free credits/month (~2,000 min)
- 20 concurrent jobs
- 100 GB artifact storage
Pay-per-minute, no base fee: Ubuntu x64 2 vCPU $0.0075/min, 4 vCPU $0.015/min; Ubuntu ARM 2 vCPU $0.003/min; macOS 4 vCPU $0.09/min; self-hosted $0.0025/min. Artifact egress $0.35/GB, storage $0.07/GB. Optional add-ons: support $50-$750/mo, dedicated cache server or private Docker registry $400/mo. Annual discounts via support.
Prices from Semaphore's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026. Usage-based: the bill depends on volume, so these are starting points, not a quote. Taxes, seat minimums and promotions vary.
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FAQ
Semaphore pricing questions
How does Semaphore charge?
Semaphore is usage-based: you pay for what you use (transactions, messages, compute and so on) rather than a fixed subscription, so the bill depends on volume. Pay-per-minute, no base fee: Ubuntu x64 2 vCPU $0.0075/min, 4 vCPU $0.015/min; Ubuntu ARM 2 vCPU $0.003/min; macOS 4 vCPU $0.09/min; self-hosted $0.0025/min. Artifact egress $0.35/GB, storage $0.07/GB. Optional add-ons: support $50-$750/mo, dedicated cache server or private Docker registry $400/mo. Annual discounts via support. There is no fixed monthly fee on Free credits.
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