Yes — Azure DevOps has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes first 5 users free for Azure DevOps Basic access, 1 Microsoft-hosted CI/CD parallel job with 1,800 minutes per month, and 1 self-hosted CI/CD parallel job with unlimited minutes per month.
About
Azure DevOps is a set of cloud-hosted development services for planning work, running CI/CD pipelines, managing Git repositories, tracking test plans, and storing build artifacts. The service is organized into individual products such as Azure Boards, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Artifacts, and Azure Test Plans, with optional integrations for GitHub Copilot and security tooling.
The pricing page shows a perpetual free allowance for core services: 1 Microsoft-hosted CI/CD parallel job with 1,800 minutes per month, 1 self-hosted CI/CD parallel job with unlimited minutes, 2 GiB of free Azure Artifacts storage, and a Basic plan with the first 5 users free. Azure DevOps also includes a Stakeholder free access tier for work item tracking and boards, while paid add-ons cover extra parallel jobs, additional storage, and test plans.
- 1 Microsoft-hosted CI/CD parallel job
- 1,800 minutes per month
- 1 self-hosted CI/CD job
- 2 GiB free artifact storage
- First 5 users free
- Unlimited private Git repositories
- Work item tracking and Kanban boards
- Manual and exploratory test plans
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable for small teams: the first 5 users are free, and it includes the core Boards, Pipelines, Repos, and Artifacts capabilities with monthly caps on hosted build minutes and storage. Compared with the $6/user/month Basic plan, that makes the free offer worth about $6/month per organization-level seat-equivalent, though it still has the usual free-tier limits and a paid upgrade path for larger teams.
What's included in the free tier
- First 5 users free for Azure DevOps Basic access.
- 1 Microsoft-hosted CI/CD parallel job with 1,800 minutes per month.
- 1 self-hosted CI/CD parallel job with unlimited minutes per month.
- 2 GiB free Azure Artifacts storage per organization.
- Azure Boards access for creating, editing, searching, and viewing work items.
- Azure Pipelines access for continuous integration and deployment, plus release approvals.
- Azure Repos access for unlimited private Git repositories.
- Stakeholder access to view charts, widgets, dashboards, and wikis.
See Azure DevOps pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Basic
- users
- 5 free
- CI/CD parallel jobs
- 1 Microsoft-hosted + 1 self-hosted free
- Microsoft-hosted minutes/month
- 1,800
- Azure Artifacts storage/org
- 2 GiB
- Azure Pipelines included
- Azure Boards work item tracking and Kanban boards
- Azure Repos unlimited private Git repos
- Azure Artifacts included
- First 5 users free
Basic + Test Plans
- users
- 5 free, then paid
- trial duration
- 30 days
- Includes all Basic plan features
- Test planning, tracking, and execution
- Browser-based tests with annotation
- Rich-client test execution
- User acceptance testing
- Centralized reporting
- 30-day free trial
Pricing extracted from Azure DevOps's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Azure DevOps free forever?
Yes. Azure DevOps has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does Azure DevOps require a credit card?
Yes. Azure DevOps asks for a card at signup, even for the free tier.
What happens when you exceed Azure DevOps's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Azure DevOps's cheapest paid plan is Basic at $6 / seat / month.
What is Azure DevOps's free tier worth?
We estimate Azure DevOps's free tier is worth about $6.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 48/100. See freetier.co/ftv for how we calculate it.
