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The simplest CI/CD tool ever made

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Buddy - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: August 2026

Buddy overview

Based on 178 verified user reviews

What is Buddy?

By industry, Buddy reviewers are most commonly professionals in computer software (27%). The most frequent use case for Buddy cited by reviewers is continuous integration (76% of reviewers).

What do users say about Buddy pricing?

Most reviewers indicate that Buddy offers good value for money, especially due to its generous free tier and affordable starter plans. Some users report that advanced or enterprise plans are expensive and they express concerns about pricing transparency and costs for parallel jobs.

What are the most popular integrations for Buddy?

The Buddy integration most frequently cited by reviewers is GitHub, an application development product rated 4.6 out of 5 for its integration with Buddy.

Starting price

29usage based /
per month

Alternatives

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Buddy’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Buddy reviews

Overall rating

4.8

/5

178

Positive reviews

94

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend0.94/10
Rating distribution

5

4

3

2

1

150

25

2

0

1

Pros
“It integrates seamlessly with Git providers, cloud platforms, and deployment targets, allowing our team to automate builds, tests, and deployments with minimal effort.”
BZ

Bojan Z.

Web dev

“The visual interface makes pipeline management straightforward, while the extensive integrations and automation capabilities save a significant amount of time.”
BZ

Bojan Z.

Web dev

“The GUI still works for read only making it easily accessible to less pipeline technical folks while also giving those maintaining the pipeline all the benefits of "as code".”
an

andy n.

Head of Cloud

Cons
“The challenge is that when we need help from customer service, they're in a different time zone, making the problem-solving process slower.”
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Lachlan d.

Lead Developer

“A disadvantage of Buddy is that some features are only available on paid plans.”
PP

Purvesh P.

DevOps Engineer

“The only drawback is that for some features, you need to have an advanced version”
SS

Sandro S.

FE Developer and PM

Who uses Buddy?

Based on 178 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Information Technology and Services
Computer Software
Internet
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Others

Use cases

Continuous Integration
Application Development
App Building

Buddy's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Buddy users:

Continuous deployment
Continuous delivery
Debugging

All Buddy features

Features rating:

Access controls/permissions
Alerts/Notifications
API
Application management
Build Log
Change management
Collaboration tools
Compatibility testing
Configuration management
Continuous delivery
Continuous deployment
Continuous integration
Custom development
Customizable templates
Debugging
Deployment management
For developers
Forms creation & design
Graphical user interface
Integrated development environment
Iteration management
Mobile development
Monitoring
No-Code
Pipeline management
Quality assurance
Role-Based permissions
Software development
Source control
Third-Party integrations
Version control
Visual modeling
Web app development
Web/Mobile app development
Workflow management

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Buddy pricing

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Free

0.00

Features included:

  • 1 seat
  • 1 runner
  • 300 pipeline GB-minutes
  • 1 GB of pipeline cache
  • 1 GB of sandbox storage

Pro

29

Per month

Features included:

  • 2 seats (extra: $9 / mo. per seat)
  • 1 runner (extra: $50 / mo. per runner)
  • 3000 pipeline GB-minutes (extra: from $0.0015 per minute)
  • 10 GB of pipeline cache (extra: $1 / mo. per GB)
  • 10 GB of sandbox storage (extra: $0.25 / mo. per GB)

Hyper

99

Per month

Features included:

  • 5 seats (extra: $29 / mo. per seat)
  • 2 runners (extra: $50 / mo. per runner)
  • 6000 pipeline GB-minutes (extra: from $0.0015 per minute)
  • 20 GB of pipeline cache (extra: $1 / mo. per GB)
  • 20 GB of sandbox storage (extra: $0.25 / mo. per GB)
  • IP access restrictions
  • Day & hour run scheduling
  • Advanced permissions: pipelines, users & groups
  • Pipelines: trigger conditions, prioritization, custom services for actions & remote YAML configuration
  • Sandboxes: password-protected public URLs & custom domains
  • Custom SLA & on-demand feature development (contact sales)

Pro (on-premises)

35

Per month

Features included:

  • 2 seats (extra: $9 / mo. per seat)
  • 2 runners (equals no. of seats – add more seats to increase)

Hyper (on-premises)

99

Per month

Features included:

  • 5 seats (extra: $29 / mo. per seat)
  • 5 runners (equals no. of seats – add more seats to increase)
  • IP access restrictions
  • Day & hour run scheduling
  • Advanced permissions: pipelines, users & groups
  • Pipelines: trigger conditions, prioritization, custom services for actions & remote YAML configuration
  • Single Sign-On: SAML & OIDC
  • Custom SLA & on-demand feature development (contact sales)

User opinions about Buddy price and value

Value for money rating:

Of 23 reviews that provide robust commentary on Buddy's price and value, mention it in a positive light.

Most users consider Buddy’s free tier generous and useful for personal projects or small teams, with enough features included to meet basic needs. Most reviewers indicate that the paid plans save significant time and are fairly priced compared to competitors, especially given the ease of use. Some users say the recent shift to usage-based pricing makes Buddy more comparable to other platforms. However, some reviewers feel the paid tiers, especially enterprise and pro plans, are expensive, particularly for startups or those needing more resources or parallel jobs. Some users report concerns about limited resources in lower plans and unclear consumption visibility.

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Buddy integrations (17)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 178 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Buddy integrations and how users feel about them.

Integration rating: 4.6 (15)

Slack logo
Slack

Integration rating: 5.0 (5)

Bitbucket logo
Bitbucket

Integration rating: 4.3 (5)

For version control and separating deployments.

AV

Andraž V.

CTO

GitLab logo
GitLab

Integration rating: 5.0 (4)

It syncs commits and merge requests with sprint tasks, keeping dev updates aligned across platforms.

EA

Estrella A.

Software Engineer

Integration rating: 5.0 (3)

Integration rating: 5.0 (3)

Buddy support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

24/7 (Live rep)
Chat
Phone Support
Email/Help Desk

Training options

Documentation
Live Online
In Person

Buddy FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Buddy?

Buddy has the following typical customers:
Mid-size Business, Large Enterprises, Small Business, Freelancers

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Q. What is Buddy used for?

Buddy is a cloud-based CI/CD and DevOps automation platform for web developers, which provides tools for building, testing, and deploying applications. The platform includes 100+ built-in actions to help simplify development and deployment pipelines. Buddy offers a range of actions covering builds, tests, deployments, website monitoring, and application management, in order to aid with tech integration and monitoring. With support for languages and frameworks including Phython, Ruby, React, Elixir, Gatsby, Angular, and many more, Buddy can be used by developers from any background. With Buddy, DevOps teams can build websites or applications, run SSH commands, and deploy applications to any server or cloud. It works with a range of Git providers including GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, and other private repositories, and facilitates deployment to IaaS or PaaS systems including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Rackspace, Heroku, Azure App Service, Shopify, UpCloud, Vultr,and Netlify. Buddy allows users to fetch dependencies, compile code, compress CSS, and run Gulp/Grunt tasks on every push to branch, on click, or recurrently. It facilitates the building and pushing of Docker images, as well as the creation of delivery pipelines.


Q. Does Buddy support mobile devices?

Buddy supports the following devices:
Android


Q. What level of support does Buddy offer?

Buddy offers the following support options:
24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Phone Support, Email/Help Desk

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