Yes, CodSpeed has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes up to 5 users, 3 months of code profiling history, and 600 macro runner minutes per month. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $7.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
CodSpeed is a continuous performance testing platform for pull requests and CI workflows. It instruments benchmark runs, collects profiling data, and compares results over time so developers can detect regressions and inspect differential flamegraphs directly in the development loop.
The free plan includes unlimited runs and repositories, up to 5 users, unlimited use for open-source projects, 3 months of history, CI integration, pull-request reports and checks, CPU simulation and wall time instruments, and 600 macro runner minutes per month. It is aimed at small teams and open-source projects, with private-repository usage capped at 5 users before a Pro trial is triggered.
- Unlimited runs and repositories
- Up to 5 users
- 3 months of history
- 600 macro runner minutes/month
- CPU simulation instrument
- Wall time instrument
- Pull-request reports and checks
- Open-source project allowance
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a genuinely usable starter offering: it includes the core CI and reporting workflow, but it caps teams at 5 users and 600 macro runner minutes per month, so it is not equivalent to the paid plan. Since Pro starts at $15 per user/month and the free tier keeps most of the workflow features while limiting scale and history, its practical value is about half of Pro for a small team, or roughly $7/month. A credit card is not required, and the 14-day Pro trial is separate from the free tier.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Unlimited runs and repositories.
- Up to 5 users.
- Unlimited use for open-source projects.
- 3 months of code profiling history.
- CI workflow integration.
- Pull-request reports and checks.
- CPU simulation instrument.
- Wall time instrument.
- 600 macro runner minutes per month.
See CodSpeed pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Pro
- users
- unlimited
- history
- unlimited
- macro_runner_minutes
- 600 included, then $0.032/min
- database_instruments
- add-on available
- gpu_instruments
- add-on available
- All Free features
- Seat-based pricing
- Unlimited history
- Priority support
- Macro Runners usage add-on
- Database instruments add-on
- GPU instruments
- No credit card required
Enterprise
- users
- custom
- deployment
- on-premise available
- support
- dedicated SLAs
- security
- SSO/SAML
- All Pro features
- SSO/SAML
- Role management
- SOC2 Type 2 reports
- On-premise deployment
- Custom Macro Runners
- Dedicated support with SLAs
- Performance Data API
Pricing extracted from CodSpeed's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is CodSpeed free forever?
Yes. CodSpeed has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does CodSpeed require a credit card?
No. You can start on CodSpeed's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed CodSpeed's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. CodSpeed's cheapest paid plan is Pro at $15 / seat / month.
What is CodSpeed's free tier worth?
CodSpeed's free tier is worth about $7.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 57/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
