Depot review
A capable remote BuildKit platform for teams that need speed, caching, and multi-architecture builds.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Depot provides remote infrastructure for building and delivering software, with Docker and BuildKit workloads running on remote builders. It is aimed at solo developers, startups, and larger teams that need persistent project caching, native Intel and Arm builds, and concurrent multi-image workflows. Teams can work through the Depot CLI, Docker CLI, Docker Buildx, GitHub Actions, Depot CI, or the Container Builds API. SBOM generation, secret mounts, and a built-in registry extend the product beyond basic image compilation.
Pricing is structured around paid monthly plans. Developer costs $20 per month for 1 user, 500 Docker build minutes, 2,000 Depot CI minutes, 2,000 GitHub Actions minutes, and 25 GB of cache and registry storage. Startup costs $200 per month and adds unlimited users, 5,000 Docker build minutes, 20,000 Depot CI minutes, 20,000 GitHub Actions minutes, and 250 GB of cache and registry storage. Both plans include unlimited concurrency, and a 7-day free trial is available. Business adds deployment in the customer's AWS account, dedicated infrastructure, GPU-enabled builds, static outbound IPs, network firewall rules, and SSO with SAML and SCIM.
Platform fit is a major part of Depot's appeal. Integrations cover GitHub Actions, CircleCI, GitLab CI, Google Cloud Build, Travis CI, Bitbucket Pipelines, Buildkite, Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild, Docker Compose, Fly.io, Bazel, Go, Gradle, and Maven. The combination of remote caching, multi-platform builds, APIs, CI connections, and registry storage suits teams standardizing container delivery across different pipelines. Teams that want a local-only build tool, or that do not need managed remote infrastructure, may find the scope and subscription model less suitable.
Depot pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Persistent remote NVMe caching and native Intel/Arm builds
- Unlimited concurrency across the Developer and Startup plans
- Broad CI, CLI, API, registry, SBOM, and secret-mount support
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan; paid access starts at $20 per month
- Developer is limited to 1 user and 500 Docker build minutes
- Remote-first scope may exceed the needs of local-only build teams
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