# Semaphore pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Pay-as-you-go). Among the 7 ci/cd we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** semaphore.io
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Not published
**Integrations:** GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Slack
**Best for:** Speed-sensitive teams where build latency is a bottleneck; Open-source projects wanting a free self-hosted Community Edition; Small teams preferring pure pay-as-you-go with no seat minimums

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pay-as-you-go | $0 | — | custom | $15 free monthly credits (≈ 2,000 Ubuntu x64 2-vCPU minutes). Pay only for what you use beyond free credits. Compute rates: Ubuntu ARM 2vCPU $0.003/min, Ubuntu x64 2vCPU $0.0075/min, Ubuntu x64 4vCPU $0.015/min, macOS 4vCPU $0.09/min, self-hosted $0.0025/min. 20 concurrent jobs, 20 GB/month artifact egress, 100 GB artifact storage, 9.6 GB cache/project included. Annual discounts available on request. | semaphore.io |

**Key features:** Bare-metal infrastructure delivering up to 94% faster builds than GitHub Actions (vendor claim); Visual pipeline editor reducing time-to-first-green by up to 60% (vendor claim); Free open-source Community Edition self-hostable on Linux and Kubernetes; AI/MCP Server integration for AI coding agents to debug pipelines; SOC 2 Type 2 attested and ISO 27001:2022 certified.

**Plan limits:** Pay-as-you-go: $15 free credits/month (~2,000 Ubuntu x64 2-vCPU minutes), 20 concurrent jobs; Artifact egress: 20 GB/month included, $0.35/GB overage; Artifact storage: 100 GB/month included, $0.07/GB overage; Cache: 9.6 GB per project included.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-14
Provenance: https://semaphore.io/pricing accessed 2026-06-14 (semaphoreci.com redirects 301 to semaphore.io). Confirmed via second fetch same date. Purely usage-based compute pricing with $15 free credit/month. No HIPAA/BAA on pricing page. SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications listed.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/ci-cd/semaphore/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Semaphore's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-14 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/ci-cd/semaphore/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl