GitLab pricing for 5 seats: real monthly and yearly cost
At 5 seats on the Premium tier with annual billing, GitLab costs $145 per month, or $1,740 per year. Higher tiers and monthly billing change the math; the full per-tier breakdown is below.
A 5-seat GitLab contract usually lands on the Premium tier at 29 per user/month. The math is small enough that the choice between annual and monthly billing matters more than the choice between tiers.
Per-tier cost at 5 seats
These figures use the official published per-seat price and multiply by 5. Custom-quote tiers are flagged; usage and add-on costs are not included.
Recommended tier for a 5-person team
Premium is the cheapest tier with a real published per-seat price, landing at $145 per month for 5 seats on annual billing.
Premium on GitLab fits the workflow at this size. Run a parallel free-tier test on GitHub before signing the annual term, because the switching cost is still low.
What is not in the 5-seat math
- Compute minutes, storage, Duo AI, dedicated hosting, and support can change total cost.
GitLab at 5 seats: buyer notes
Compare Ultimate against GitHub plus Advanced Security and CI/CD usage.
Alternatives at 5 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 5 seats per month?
At 5 seats on the Premium tier with annual billing, GitLab runs $145 per month, or $1,740 per year. Monthly billing typically adds 15 to 25 percent on top.
What is NOT included in the GitLab price for 5 seats?
Compute minutes, storage, Duo AI, dedicated hosting, and support can change total cost.
What is the closest competitor to GitLab at 5 seats?
GitHub is the alternative most procurement teams compare GitLab against at this size. Run the same per-seat math on both before deciding, because the headline list price rarely tells the full story.
What are the closest GitLab alternatives at 5 seats?
GitHub, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps are the alternatives most procurement teams shortlist when they compare GitLab at this team size.