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CircleCI Metric

Resource class credit rate

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Unit
Credits per minute
Aliases
credits per minute; resource class
Definition
Each execution environment and resource class has a price in credits per minute, shown in the price list for x86 and Arm Docker, Linux VM, Arm VM, Windows VM, macOS VM and GPU classes.
Counting rules
Examples from the list dated 2026-08-31: x86 Docker Small 5, Medium 10, Large 20; Linux VM Medium 10, Large 20; Windows VM Medium 40; macOS M4 Pro Medium 200 and Large 400; GPU 160 to 1,000 credits per minute.
Floors / minimums
Rounded up to the nearest second then credit. Class availability depends on plan: on the pricing page Docker X-large and macOS M4 Pro start at Performance, while 2 X-large Docker and all GPU classes are Scale only.
Applies to products
  • CircleCI Cloud (Free, Performance, Scale)
Applies to editions
  • Free
  • Performance
  • Scale
Product category
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