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GitLab Duo Agent Platform

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At a glance

Price
from 29 $/mo
Vendor
GitLab

Specifications & properties

Key decision factors

Pricing model
Paid 1
Tool form
  • Web app
  • IDE plugin
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Autonomy level
Supervised agent 1

Pricing

Price from
29 $/mo 1

Model

Available models
Claude Sonnet 4 (default for most features), GPT-5 mini, Claude 3 Haiku 1

Compliance

Self-hosting / on-prem
Yes 1
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AI orchestration platform for agents and automated flows across the software lifecycle inside GitLab.

Profile

GitLab Duo Agent Platform is GitLab's built-in multi-agent AI system that automates work across the software development lifecycle — planning, coding, code review, CI/CD troubleshooting, and security triage — directly inside GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, and GitLab Dedicated, built by GitLab Inc.

Who builds it

GitLab, the company behind the widely used GitLab DevSecOps platform, ships Duo Agent Platform as a native capability rather than a bolt-on plugin. Because the agents run inside GitLab itself, they read live context from your issues, merge requests, pipelines, and repositories instead of working from a copy-pasted prompt.

Core features

  • Specialized agents: a Planner Agent for work planning and tracking, a Data Analyst Agent for project/metrics insights, a Security Analyst Agent for vulnerability triage and fix suggestions (Ultimate tier), and a CI Expert Agent that creates, debugs, and optimizes CI/CD pipelines (Premium and up, currently beta).
  • Pre-built flows: Developer Flow (issue to merge request), Code Review Flow, Software Development Flow, and CI/CD Pipeline Fix Flow, plus support for assembling custom agents and custom flows for team-specific processes.
  • Automated code review on merge requests and root-cause analysis of failing CI/CD jobs with suggested fixes.
  • Agentic chat for code generation, refactoring, and test generation with GitLab context.
  • Governance controls: policy-driven, org-level access permissions, flow sessions logged and visible in GitLab with links back to CI/CD job logs, and support for connecting self-hosted LLMs.
  • Data handling: GitLab states private code is not used to train its AI models, and that the third-party model vendors it relies on do not train on private customer data either; IP indemnification is offered for Duo-generated output.

Pricing

  • Free: the Free GitLab tier lets you evaluate the platform; GitLab Duo Core (code suggestions, and agentic chat from GitLab 19.0) ships automatically with GitLab 18.0+ on Premium/Ultimate.
  • Premium: $29/user/month billed annually, including $12 of GitLab Credits per user per month for Agent Platform usage.
  • Ultimate: custom, contact-sales pricing, including $24 of GitLab Credits per user per month.
  • Additional GitLab Credits are purchasable at a standard rate of $1/credit, with volume discounts on annual commitments.
  • Duo Pro and Duo Enterprise add-ons are sold as seats; GitLab directs buyers to its Sales team or Customers Portal instead of publishing a fixed add-on price.
  • Self-hosted/offline deployments of the Agent Platform are billed as a flat fee under an Enterprise License Agreement rather than through usage-based credits.

Who it's for

Teams that already run their planning, code, and pipelines on GitLab and want AI agents wired directly into that existing system of record, rather than adopting a separate standalone tool. Because agent access and included credits scale with the Premium and Ultimate tiers, it fits mid-size engineering teams enabling the CI Expert Agent for pipeline debugging as well as larger, regulated organizations using the Ultimate tier's Security Analyst Agent for SAST vulnerability triage.

Frequently asked questions

What is GitLab Duo Agent Platform?

It is GitLab's native multi-agent AI system that automates planning, coding, code review, and CI/CD troubleshooting inside GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, and GitLab Dedicated. It ships specialized agents (Planner, Data Analyst, Security Analyst, CI Expert) plus pre-built flows such as Developer Flow and Code Review Flow, and it lets teams assemble custom agents and flows.

What does GitLab Duo Agent Platform cost?

Agent Platform usage is billed through GitLab Credits bundled with paid GitLab tiers: Premium, at $29/user/month billed annually, includes $12 of credits per user per month, and Ultimate, at custom pricing, includes $24 per user per month. Extra credits cost $1 each, with volume discounts available on annual commitments.

Is GitLab Duo Agent Platform free?

Not as an unlimited free product, but GitLab Duo Core, which includes code suggestions and agentic chat, ships automatically with any Premium or Ultimate subscription on GitLab 18.0 and later, and the Free GitLab tier lets you try the platform. Full Agent Platform usage draws on the GitLab Credits included with the paid tiers.

Which GitLab tier do I need for the security-focused agent?

The Security Analyst Agent, which triages vulnerabilities and helps resolve SAST findings, is available on the Ultimate tier. The CI Expert Agent for pipeline debugging is available from the Premium tier up and is currently in beta, while the foundational planning and coding agents are available more broadly.

Does GitLab Duo Agent Platform train AI models on my private code?

No. GitLab states that private code is not used to train its AI models, and that the third-party model vendors it uses do not train on private customer data either. GitLab also offers IP indemnification for output generated by Duo.

Can GitLab Duo Agent Platform work with self-hosted models or self-hosted deployments?

Yes. The platform supports connecting self-hosted large language models, and GitLab also offers a self-hosted or offline deployment of the Agent Platform that is billed as a flat fee under an Enterprise License Agreement rather than through usage-based GitLab Credits.