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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: March 2026

Buddy overview

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Based on 176 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 (75% of reviewers).

What do users say about Buddy pricing?

Most reviewers indicate that Buddy offers good value for money, especially due to affordable starter plans and a generous free tier. Some users report that advanced plans are expensive and reviewers indicate limited visibility into account consumption.

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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Pros & Cons

Pipeline

Deployment

Integrations

Customer Support

Buddy’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Buddy pros, cons and reviews insights

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Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
 
 
1-2(1)
3-4(27)
5(148)

What do users say about 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 (75% of reviewers).

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Who uses Buddy?

Based on 176 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Computer Software
Information Technology and Services
Internet
Marketing and Advertising
Others

Use cases

Continuous Integration
Application Development
App Building

Buddy's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Buddy users:

Continuous delivery
Access controls/permissions
Pipeline management
Version control
Continuous deployment
Source control

All Buddy features

Features rating:

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

Buddy awards

Buddy alternatives

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Starting from

29

Per month

Free trial
Free version
Ease of Use
Features
Value for Money
Customer Support
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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, 59% mention it in a positive light.

Most reviewers indicate that Buddy offers good value for money, especially appreciating its affordable starter plans, generous free tier, and useful free trial. They find the free plan suitable for personal projects and small teams, and feel the paid plans save significant time, justifying the cost. Some reviewers feel the pricing is higher than alternatives but acceptable given the features and ease of use. However, some users report that advanced plans, especially for enterprise or high-resource needs, are expensive and that costs can rise quickly with increased usage or parallel jobs. Reviewers indicate limited visibility into account consumption as a drawback.

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To see what individual users think of Buddy's cost and value, check out the review excerpts below.

“The free tier was enough to trial the software and we've upgraded to allow more project pipelines.”
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Alex P.

CTO

“The free version is perfect to start a development & project environment and paid plans are reasonable.”
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Ben P.

Web Developer

“We need to use the on-premise/enterprise version and that one is quite expensive to start with and has a hefty mark-up when you pass one of the pricing stages.”
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Daan L.

Programmeur

Buddy integrations (18)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 176 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Buddy integrations and how users feel about them.

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WordPress

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

This is the method of content creation and management that I use for my application.

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Anonymous R.

Web Developer

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GitHub

Integration rating: 5.0 (5)

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GitLab

Integration rating: 5.0 (2)

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Bitbucket

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

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Telegram

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

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:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business

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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. What languages does Buddy support?

Buddy supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Buddy support mobile devices?

Buddy supports the following devices:
Android


Q. Does Buddy offer an API?

Yes, Buddy has an API available for use.


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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