Gitlab Flex

The GitLab Flex Contract transforms how enterprises purchase and consume GitLab. Instead of managing multiple SKUs and contract amendments, GitLab Flex provides a single annual dollar commitment covering all current and future GitLab capabilities across any deployment model SaaS, Self-Managed, Dedicated, and Air-Gapped.

How GitLab Flex Works Commit to an annual spend based on your projected GitLab usage. Your commitment creates an annual balance that draws down monthly as you provision and consume GitLab seats, credits, and add-ons. When your needs change reducing seats while scaling AI usage, or adopting new capabilities like Artifact Management adjust your allocation without triggering procurement. Every change happens within your annual agreement.

The GitLab Flex Advantage One commitment, maximum flexibility: Cover Premium seats, Ultimate seats, GitLab Credits, Duo Pro, Duo Enterprise, Storage, Runners, and all future product capabilities under a single annual commitment. Right-size your GitLab investment month-to-month as priorities shift. Works across all deployment models: Deploy on GitLab SaaS (.com), Self-Managed (connected), Dedicated, or Air-Gapped environments. Cloud-connected customers choose pay-per-use for agility or monthly reservations for cost predictability. Air-gapped customers use monthly reservations with quarterly usage reporting. Transparent pricing with volume discounts: All capabilities priced on GitLab's published rate card. Volume discounts scale automatically with commitment size.. Track consumption in real-time and forecast against your annual balance. Usage beyond your commitment is supported through auto-billing (cloud) or quarterly true-up (air-gapped). Enterprise governance built in: Central dashboards show consumption by capability (AI/DAP, Runners, Artifacts, CD), by project/team, and by deployment model. Set budget alerts per capability and environment. Configure policy-based guardrails to protect critical workloads (CD to production, security scanning) even at high utilization. Export usage data for FinOps, procurement, and internal show-back.

Pricing Model GitLab Flex operates on a hybrid billing model, encompassing both seat-based and consumption-based pricing. Your annual commitment covers expected usage, and monthly drawdown is based on provisioned seats, reserved credits, and actual consumption of credit-based capabilities. Volume discounts apply automatically based on the commitment size. Usage beyond your annual commitment is billed at list rates ($1/credit for overage).