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GitLab pricing for 25 seats: real monthly and yearly cost

Short answer

At 25 seats on the Premium tier with annual billing, GitLab costs $725 per month, or $8,700 per year. Higher tiers and monthly billing change the math; the full per-tier breakdown is below.

Last verified: 2026-05-16 Model: user/month Official pricing

At 25 seats on GitLab, the Premium tier at 29 per user/month is the floor. The real question is which feature inside the next tier you actually need, and whether the vendor will unbundle it.

Per-tier cost at 25 seats

These figures use the official published per-seat price and multiply by 25. Custom-quote tiers are flagged; usage and add-on costs are not included.

Tier Per user (annual) 25-seat monthly (annual billing) 25-seat yearly
Free $0 / user/month $0 $0
Premium $29 / user/month $725 $8,700
Ultimate $99 / user/month $2,475 $29,700

Recommended tier for a 25-person team

Premium is the cheapest tier with a real published per-seat price, landing at $725 per month for 25 seats on annual billing.

At 25 seats, GitLab Premium works until a single feature gate breaks the workflow. Document which gate triggered the upgrade conversation; the vendor will sometimes unbundle that feature rather than push the tier.

What is not in the 25-seat math

  • Compute minutes, storage, Duo AI, dedicated hosting, and support can change total cost.

GitLab at 25 seats: buyer notes

Compare Ultimate against GitHub plus Advanced Security and CI/CD usage.

Alternatives at 25 seats

Same devsecops platform category, computed at the same team size on each tool's cheapest published per-seat tier with annual billing.

No per-seat alternatives in the same category were found in our pricing database.

Sources

Pricing changes frequently. Confirm directly with the vendor before purchase.

Frequently asked questions

How much does GitLab cost for 25 seats per month?

At 25 seats on the Premium tier with annual billing, GitLab runs $725 per month, or $8,700 per year. Monthly billing typically adds 15 to 25 percent on top.

What is NOT included in the GitLab price for 25 seats?

Compute minutes, storage, Duo AI, dedicated hosting, and support can change total cost.

How does GitLab Premium compare to GitHub at 25 seats?

GitHub is the alternative most procurement teams shortlist alongside GitLab at this size. Compare on equivalent feature scope, not on headline price, because the tier-gating differs between the two and changes the real per-seat math.

What are the closest GitLab alternatives at 25 seats?

GitHub, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps are the alternatives most procurement teams shortlist when they compare GitLab at this team size.