Buddy
Buddy is a software delivery platform for creating pipelines, running builds, and deploying software.
What Buddy is
Buddy is a software delivery platform for creating pipelines, running builds, and deploying software. Teams can create workflows through a UI, YAML, or generated code and trigger them from events involving services such as GitHub, AWS, and Slack. Deployments can use agents or run agentlessly, with manual approvals, role-based access control, and one-click rollback. Build actions can run in containers on Intel or ARM, using Linux, Windows, Mac, or NixOS environments. Visual testing supports Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Figma, and Storybook, with multi-browser testing through its NPM CLI. Documented integrations include AWS, Azure, Bitbucket, Cloudflare, DockerHub, GitHub, GitLab, Google Cloud, Jira, Shopify, Slack, and Snyk. Buddy can run in the cloud or on customer infrastructure behind a firewall. Listed security controls include IP blocking, custom roles, group permissions, SAML 2.0, audit logs, and enforced 2FA; the company lists SOC 2 Type II certification. The free plan is free; paid plans are €29 a month and €99 a month. Cloud trials last 14 days and on-premise trials last 30 days.
Good
- Pipelines can be defined with UI, YAML, or generated code
- Deployment options include rollback and manual approvals
- Build containers support Intel, ARM, Linux, Windows, Mac, and NixOS
- Cloud and on-premise trial options
Watch out
- Free plan excludes 2FA and Sandboxes
- Free workspaces may be frozen after 60 days without account login
- Cloud trial lasts 14 days
Who it suits
Buddy suits teams building pipelines and deploying software across varied environments. Its cloud and self-hosted options may suit teams with different infrastructure preferences.
Verdict
Buddy combines workflow creation, builds, testing, and deployment controls, with cloud and self-hosted deployment options. Check the free-tier exclusions and workspace inactivity policy against your team's needs.
Plans and prices
From Buddy's own pricing page, checked 29 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 1 seat · 1 concurrent · 300 pipeline GB-minutes · 1 GB pipeline cache · 300 sandbox CPU-minutes · 730 sandbox GB-hours |
| Pro | €29 a month | 2 seats · 1 concurrent · 3000 pipeline GB-minutes · 10 GB pipeline cache · 300 sandbox CPU-minutes · 7300 sandbox GB-hours · monthly |
| Hyper | €99 a month | 5 seats · 2 concurrents · 6000 pipeline GB-minutes · 20 GB pipeline cache · 300 sandbox CPU-minutes · 14600 sandbox GB-hours · advanced permissions · SAML and OIDC SSO · monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Buddy's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Agent platforms
- The Buddy agent is available for Linux x64 and ARM64, macOS ARM64, and Windows x64.checked 29 Sep 2026
What it does
- Build environments
- Buddy says actions can run in containers on Intel, ARM, Linux, Windows, Mac, or NixOS.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Deployments
- Buddy supports deployments to many targets, including agent and agentless deployments, one-click rollback, manual approvals, and RBAC.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations include AWS, Azure, Bitbucket, Cloudflare, DockerHub, GitHub, GitLab, Google Cloud, Jira, Shopify, Slack, and Snyk.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Pipelines
- Users can create workflows with a UI, YAML, or generated code and trigger them from events such as GitHub, AWS, and Slack.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Product
- Buddy describes itself as a delivery platform for builders who ship.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Security
- Buddy lists IP address blocking, custom user roles, group permissions, SAML 2.0, audit logs, enforced 2FA, and SOC 2 Type II certification.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Self-hosted
- Buddy can be run on the customer's own infrastructure behind a firewall.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Visual testing
- Buddy's visual testing supports Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Figma, Storybook, and multi-browser testing through its NPM CLI.checked 29 Sep 2026
The company
- Company
- Buddy's about page shows its founding year as 2015.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Warsaw, Polandchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan limits
- The free tier excludes 2FA and Sandboxes, and a free workspace may be frozen after 60 days without account login and terminated if no action is taken within the following 30 days.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Trial
- A cloud trial starts when the workspace is created and lasts 14 days with Hyper plan features; the on-premise trial lasts 30 days.checked 29 Sep 2026
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