How GitLab prices
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GitLab plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Billing |
|---|---|---|
| FreeFor individuals working on personal projects and open source contributions | $ 0 | per user/month |
| PremiumHighlightedFor scaling organizations seeking enhanced productivity and collaboration | $ 29 | per user/month, billed annually |
| UltimateFor enterprises requiring advanced security and compliance capabilities | Contact us for custom pricing |
As printed on the page captured November 2, 2026.
How does GitLab pricing work?
The seat is the value metric for the platform, and consumption rides beside it. Free is '$ 0 per user/month, No credit card required' with '5 users per top-level group', Premium is '$ 29 per user/month, billed annually' with 'Unlimited licensed users', and Ultimate adds 'Unlimited guest users' and the security and compliance suite. Each tier also carries a usage allowance: 400, 10,000 and 50,000 compute minutes per month. AI features run on a separate currency, GitLab Credits at '$ 1 per GitLab Credit', and Premium and Ultimate include $12 and $24 of credits per user per month. Two newer meters price the load that agents put on the platform: GitLab Orbit, 'A context graph for your software lifecycle', is 'sold in query packs, sized to your organization', and Advanced Capacity sells 'Higher GitLab.com rate limits for groups that run heavy API, automation, or AI workloads' at '$ 12,000 per top-level group per year'. Seats price access, credits price agentic work, and capacity prices throughput.
The motion is hybrid. Free starts with 'Get started', Premium pairs 'Buy Premium' with 'Try for free', and Ultimate offers 'Try for free' with pricing set in conversation, which keeps room to shape enterprise deals around seats, credits and commitment. A banner announcing Orbit sits above the hero, then GitLab.com, Self Managed and Dedicated tabs frame the plans, followed by three cards with Premium badged Most popular, a 'Compare all features' panel, a logo band with Thales, Ericsson, NVIDIA, Barclays and Lockheed Martin, the GitLab Flex band, a 'Do more with GitLab' section on credits and what they unlock, three priced add-on cards, the Advanced Capacity card with its own 'Contact sales' path, a Partner Marketplace pointer, and an FAQ organized into jump-linked categories that now include Advanced Capacity and GitLab Orbit.
Under the hood, GitLab bills on several meters at once: seats, credits, compute minutes, storage, query packs and group capacity. Credits are 'shared across your team', a pooled balance funded per seat, and 'Volume discounts are available with annual commitment'. Orbit's query packs 'form one shared pool query for humans and agents', so an agent draws from the same pool as a person. Advanced Capacity is a 'Flat annual price with no usage charges', backed by 'Daily overage for occasional spikes, from $100 a day' and an 'Enterprise Capacity Pack for sustained need above these limits, priced by our sales team'. That is a three-step capacity ladder: a fixed fee, a metered safety valve, and a negotiated pack. GitLab Flex holds it together with 'One annual commitment for seats and GitLab Credits', the prepaid structure enterprise software is moving toward as AI usage joins the seat. Worth borrowing: price throughput as a flat fee with a small daily overage, so heavy users get predictability and spikes still bill cleanly.
What does GitLab's pricing page do well?
- Every add-on rate is printed with unit and cadence: '$ 10 per 1,000 minutes, one time payment', '$ 5 per month for 10GiB of storage, billed annually' and '$ 12,000 per top-level group per year'
- Advanced Capacity states its limits in numbers, '50,000 requests per minute and 500,000 requests per hour for your top-level group', so a team can size its need before buying
- GitLab.com, Self Managed and Dedicated tabs settle the deployment choice before the plan choice, with a one-line reason for the hosted option
- Premium offers two paths side by side, 'Buy Premium' and 'Try for free', for the buyer who has decided and the one still evaluating
- Each new add-on gets its own FAQ section, with Advanced Capacity questions such as 'What counts as a request?' and 'How do I turn overage off?'
What does GitLab's pricing page reveal about its pricing strategy?
- Seats price platform access, GitLab Credits price AI work, and Advanced Capacity prices throughput, so each cost driver is billed on its own meter
- Included credits of $12 and $24 per user per month put AI usage into every paid seat, framed as a limited-time promotional offer
- Orbit query packs form one shared pool for humans and agents, which treats an agent as a consumer of the same budget as a person
- Advanced Capacity pairs a flat annual fee with daily overage and a sales-priced pack, a ladder that moves sustained heavy users into a negotiated deal
- Announcing rate limits for January 2027 that 'won't be enforced until Advanced Capacity is available to buy' ties the new limit to a purchasable remedy from day one
Learn with Orb
- DocsConfiguring plans: minimums and plan phases GitLab Flex is one annual commitment drawn down across seats and usage. In Orb, a dollar commitment is a minimum, and plan phases step it up over time.
- ProductPrepaid credits GitLab Credits are a pooled balance funded per seat and shared across the team: prepaid credits with the allocation scoped to people.
- GuideAn AI founder's guide to prepaid credits 'Volume discounts are available with annual commitment': the guide covers pricing credits so a larger commitment earns a better rate.
- ProductSimulations Moving to a commitment across four meters changes how revenue lands; simulations test a change like that on real usage before it ships.
Questions about GitLab pricing
How much does GitLab cost?
GitLab's pricing starts at $29/user/mo. The page shows 3 plans, including a free plan, with the top plan priced through sales.
What pricing model does GitLab use?
GitLab prices per seat, combined with credits and usage-based pricing. Buyers can sign up on their own or go through the sales team. Its plans are aimed mainly at mid-market companies.
Does GitLab have a free plan?
Yes, GitLab has a free plan, and its paid plans offer a free trial. Paid plans start at $29/user/mo.
Does GitLab offer an annual discount?
GitLab offers monthly and annual billing; the page doesn't state the discount. The listed prices start at $29/user/mo. Terms for the plans priced through sales are set with the sales team.
How is GitLab's pricing page laid out?
The page shows 3 plans, highlights Premium, and includes an FAQ. The breakdown above marks 14 points on it: 7 things it does well and 7 insights into the pricing. A recorded walkthrough talks through the page.
How much do GitLab Credits cost and how many are included with GitLab plans?
GitLab Credits are priced at "$ 1 per GitLab Credit" and power usage-based features such as GitLab Orbit, Secrets Manager and the GitLab Duo Agent Platform. Premium shows "$12 included GitLab Credits per user/month" and Ultimate shows "$24 included GitLab Credits per user/month", offered as "a promotional offer available for a limited time". Purchased credits are shared across your team, and "Volume discounts are available with annual commitment".
What is GitLab Advanced Capacity and how is overage charged?
Advanced Capacity is a Coming soon add-on for Premium and Ultimate on GitLab.com priced at "$ 12,000 per top-level group per year", a "Flat annual price with no usage charges". It includes "50,000 requests per minute and 500,000 requests per hour for your top-level group", with "Daily overage for occasional spikes, from $100 a day". Sustained need above those limits moves to an "Enterprise Capacity Pack" priced by the sales team, and the new rate limits "won't be enforced until Advanced Capacity is available to buy".
How is GitLab Orbit sold?
GitLab Orbit is "A context graph for your software lifecycle" that is "sold in query packs, sized to your organization". The packs "form one shared pool query for humans and agents", and Orbit is available for Premium and Ultimate. It runs on GitLab.com today, with "Self-Managed and Dedicated coming early November 2026".
From the page as captured November 2, 2026. Current prices are on about.gitlab.com
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