# GitLab Self-Managed

Source: https://calc.onpremeasy.com/product/gitlab-self-managed/

## Indicative from-price range

Indicative from-price range for self-hosting GitLab Self-Managed on 1 server: about $24 to $112 per month (USD), as of 2026-10-19, for the reference workload (Active users: 500; Repository storage (GB): 1000). From-price by provider, each the cheapest server in that provider's own shortlist: $24 on DigitalOcean (basic-2vcpu-4gb, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, fra1); $64 on OVHcloud (rise-1, 6 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, eu-west); $66 on Hetzner (AX41, 6 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-central); $138 on Amazon Web Services (i7i.large, 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, us-east-1); $176 on Google Cloud (c4a-standard-4-lssd, 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, us-central1); $426 on Servers.com (el-01, 16 vCPU, 192 GB RAM, eu-west); $508 on Microsoft Azure (L8s_v4, 8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eastus).

Reference workload:
- Active users: 500
- Repository storage (GB): 1000

Price snapshot: 2026-10-19. Currency: USD. FX snapshot: 2026-10-19.

Configuration: Low end: 1 x basic-2vcpu-4gb (DigitalOcean, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, about $24 per server per month). High end: 1 x rise-m (OVHcloud, 12 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, about $112 per server per month).

Methodology: This range is generated automatically from public provider price lists. It has not been reviewed by a person, it is not a quote, and it may differ from the total the calculator chooses for your own workload with its AI step. Method: the calculator's offer shortlist for the reference workload (the same ranking it builds before the AI step, up to 12 offers across providers; 12 here) is priced at its monthly list price in USD. The low end is the cheapest of the per-provider from-prices below and the high end is the median server of the combined shortlist, each multiplied by 1, the smallest baseline topology (single-node). The from-price for each provider applies the same method to that provider's own shortlist (the calculator's ranking restricted to that provider), so it is the cheapest server that ranking offers there, not a recommendation. Prices are taken from the price snapshot dated 2026-10-19; prices quoted in EUR are converted with the ECB reference rate dated 2026-10-19. Servers with fewer than 2 vCPU or less than 4 GB RAM are not priced. Only server rental list prices for the product's own servers are counted: dependencies, licences, support, traffic charges, taxes and setup fees are not included.

Price sources:
- [Amazon Web Services](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/us-east-1/index.json)
- [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets)
- [Google Cloud](https://cloudbilling.googleapis.com/v1/services/6F81-5844-456A/skus)
- [Hetzner](https://www.hetzner.com/_resources/app/data/app/live_data_en_EUR.json)
- [Microsoft Azure](https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices)
- [OVHcloud](https://eu.api.ovh.com/1.0/order/catalog/public/eco?ovhSubsidiary=FR)
- [Servers.com](https://www.servers.com/products/scalable-bare-metal)

GitLab is a web-based DevSecOps platform that combines source control, CI/CD pipelines, issue tracking, and container registry in a single application. It can be deployed on customer-controlled infrastructure as "GitLab self-managed" rather than using GitLab's SaaS offering.

## Baseline topologies

- single-node: 1 node minimum; roles: gitlab
- standard: 3 nodes minimum; roles: gitlab-app, gitlab-gitaly, gitlab-database

## What drives the cost

- Active users: Number of users who actively interact with GitLab daily. This is the primary input for GitLab reference architecture tiers and determines the overall sizing class.
- Repository storage (GB): Estimated total size of all Git repositories and LFS objects. Drives Gitaly storage capacity and I/O throughput requirements.

## Frequently asked questions

### How much does it cost to self-host GitLab Self-Managed?

Indicative from-price range for self-hosting GitLab Self-Managed on 1 server: about $24 to $112 per month (USD), as of 2026-10-19, for the reference workload (Active users: 500; Repository storage (GB): 1000). From-price by provider, each the cheapest server in that provider's own shortlist: $24 on DigitalOcean (basic-2vcpu-4gb, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, fra1); $64 on OVHcloud (rise-1, 6 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, eu-west); $66 on Hetzner (AX41, 6 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-central); $138 on Amazon Web Services (i7i.large, 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, us-east-1); $176 on Google Cloud (c4a-standard-4-lssd, 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, us-central1); $426 on Servers.com (el-01, 16 vCPU, 192 GB RAM, eu-west); $508 on Microsoft Azure (L8s_v4, 8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eastus). This is an automatically generated indicative figure from public price lists (price snapshot 2026-10-19), not a quote.

### What drives the cost of self-hosting GitLab Self-Managed?

The sizing inputs the calculator uses for GitLab Self-Managed are: Active users; Repository storage (GB). Cost also depends on the number of servers and the provider chosen.

### What is the minimum number of servers for GitLab Self-Managed?

The smallest baseline topology in the calculator's profile for GitLab Self-Managed is single-node (1 server). Other baseline topologies: standard (3 servers minimum). The reference range above is computed for 1 server.

Size GitLab Self-Managed for your own workload: https://calc.onpremeasy.com/?product=gitlab-self-managed

## Sources

- https://about.gitlab.com/
- https://docs.gitlab.com/
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab