Static sites deployed by GitLab CI, up to 1 GB per site; builds draw on the Free tier's 400 compute minutes a month, after which instance runners stop taking new jobs.
Verified ·Oct 15, 2026
Free allowance
What the free plan includes, as the provider states it.
- storage
- 1 GB
- Maximum size of a Pages site on GitLab.com, set by the CI/CD maximum artifact size.
- build minutes / month
- 400 min
- Compute minutes on GitLab-hosted instance runners per namespace, shared by all CI/CD jobs, including Pages deployments; your own runners do not count.
- domains
- 150
- Custom domains per Pages website.
The fine print
Each verdict links to the quote it rests on.
- Free for
- As long as you stay within the limits
- At the limit
- Anything over the limit is refused until the next period
- Spending cap
- None needed: the free plan cannot bill you
- Idle projects
- No pause rule documentedNo idle pause is documented. Without compute minutes, published sites stay up but new Pages deployments on instance runners stop until the next month.
- Data retention
- No deletion rule documented
- Card at sign-up
- Sometimes requiredRisk-based sign-up checks: email for everyone, a phone number for medium-risk users and a credit card for high-risk users. Phone verification is not available in mainland China.
- Identity check
- A phone number
- Commercial use
- Not statedThe pricing page describes Free as for individuals working on personal projects and open source, but the pages checked state no commercial-use restriction.
- Mainland China
- Partly reachableGreatFire rates *.gitlab.io as mixed: some tested hosts are blocked, others accessible. Custom domains were not assessed.
- Sign-up regions
- No restrictions documented
- Quotas apply per
- Account
Alternatives
Other free plans for the same need, ranked by the same neutral rules.
Changes
No changes recorded since this plan entered the catalog.
- Oct 15, 2026
- Awaiting review
- Free