CircleCI Cost Calculator
Pick Free, Performance or Scale/Enterprise, enter credits used, extra users beyond 5 and optional storage/network GB. Primary total uses $15/25k pack ceil; exact $/credit is secondary. Linux Medium FAQ helper = 10 credits/min (rates vary). Official prices as of 2026-11-03; circleci.com/pricing prevails.
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Helper — Linux Medium FAQ
| Resource class | Credits / min |
|---|---|
| Linux Medium | 10 (FAQ) |
Primary input remains credits/month — do not invent other class rates; rates vary by resource class.
CircleCI: Free / Performance included 30,000 credits/mo (expire, no rollover for free portion). Paid packs $15 / 25,000 credits → $0.0006/credit; bulk $600 / 1,000,000. Performance: 5 active users included; extra users $15/mo each. Network/storage overage 420 credits/GB ($0.252/GB). Primary billing = pack ceil; exact $/credit shown as secondary. Open-source Free Linux/Arm/Docker up to 400k credits — footnote only. Scale / Enterprise → contact sales. Smoke: Free 25k → $0; Performance 50k → ceil 1 pack = $15 (exact $12); Performance 1M → pack ceil $585 / bulk ~$600; Performance 30k + 2 users → $30.
Estimates only. Official list prices as of 2026-11-03 (Asia/Shanghai); the provider's pricing page prevails. Sources: CircleCI pricing
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How it works
- How do CircleCI credit packs work?
- Free/Performance include 30,000 credits/mo (free portion expires, no rollover). Paid usage is sold in $15 / 25,000-credit packs ($0.0006/credit exact). Example: Performance 50k credits → paid 20k → ceil 1 pack = $15 (exact $12).
- When should I use the bulk $600 / 1M rate?
- For large paid credit volumes CircleCI offers $600 / 1,000,000 credits. Example: Performance 1M total → paid 970k → pack ceil = 39 × $15 = $585; bulk path ≈ $600 for a 1M purchase — label clearly which path you use.
- How are extra users priced?
- Performance includes 5 active users; each additional user is $15/mo. Example: 30k credits + 2 extra users → compute $0 + $30 users = $30.
- What is the Linux Medium credits/min rate?
- CircleCI FAQ lists Linux Medium at 10 credits/min. This calculator's primary input is credits/month — other resource-class rates are not invented; rates vary by class. Use 10 credits/min only as an estimate helper.
- What about Free overages, open source and Scale?
- Over Free 30k we show Performance pack pricing for the overage with an upgrade note. Open-source Free Linux/Arm/Docker up to 400k credits is a footnote only. Scale / Enterprise → contact sales.