Yes, Compass has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes up to 3 full users per site, 1 month of alert data retention, and 3 scorecards. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $5.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Compass is Atlassian’s internal developer platform for cataloging software components, connecting teams, and improving developer experience across the software lifecycle.
It helps engineering organizations maintain a central view of services, repositories, APIs, dependencies, and ownership so teams can stay aligned and reduce context switching. Compass also provides health scorecards, metrics, and operational insights to support software quality, reliability, and delivery performance.
- Software component catalog with ownership and dependency tracking
- Health scorecards, metrics, and software quality insights
- Team dashboards and developer experience visibility
- Integrations with observability, CI/CD, cloud, and Atlassian tools
- Extensibility for custom workflows and component data
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable for small teams: it includes up to 3 full users, unlimited basic users, and the core catalog, health, and integration features. The cheapest paid plan is Standard at $7.67 per user/month, so the free offer is worth about 65% of that on a practical buyer comparison, or roughly $5/month. No credit card is required, and the page also offers a 14-day trial for the paid plan, which adds some flexibility but doesn’t change the recurring value of the free tier.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Up to 3 full users per site.
- Unlimited basic users.
- Software component catalog with unlimited services.
- Component creation.
- Component ownership management.
- Activity feed for component events.
- Dependencies between components.
- Configuration as code.
- Announcements for component updates.
- Permissions for catalog access control.
- Alerts and on-call management.
- 1 month of alert data retention.
- Monitoring and Slack integrations.
- Alert and notification policies.
- Alert reports.
- Advanced configurations are included.
- First- and third-party apps.
- Atlassian Marketplace apps.
- Team management.
- Team dashboard.
- Predefined metrics.
- 3 scorecards.
- 3 custom metrics.
- Atlassian Community support.
- Unlimited catalog data storage.
- IP allowlisting.
- Atlassian Guard Standard is required for SSO, SCIM, and Active Directory Sync.
See Compass pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Standard
- full users
- 35,000
- basic users
- unlimited
- custom component types
- 3
- custom fields and scorecards
- 50
- custom metrics
- 100
- data retention
- 1 year
- Everything from Free plus
- Up to 35,000 full users, unlimited basic users
- 3 custom component types
- 50 custom fields and scorecards
- 100 custom metrics
- Operations
- One year of data retention
- 9/5 regional support
Premium
- full users
- 35,000
- basic users
- unlimited
- custom component types
- 14
- custom fields and scorecards
- 100
- custom metrics
- 200
- data retention
- 2 years
- Everything from Standard plus
- Up to 35,000 full users, unlimited basic users
- 14 custom component types
- 100 custom fields and scorecards
- 200 custom metrics
- Enhanced operations
- Two years of data retention
- 99.9% uptime SLA
Pricing extracted from Compass's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Compass free forever?
Yes. Compass has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does Compass require a credit card?
No. You can start on Compass's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Compass's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Compass's cheapest paid plan is Standard at $7.67 / seat / month.
What is Compass's free tier worth?
Compass's free tier is worth about $5.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 54/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
