GitLab.com subscription

GitLab.com is the GitLab multi-tenant software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering. You don’t need to install anything to use GitLab.com, you only need to sign up. When you sign up, you choose:

• A subscription.
• The number of seats you want.

The subscription determines which features are available for your private projects. Organizations with public open source projects can actively apply to our GitLab for Open Source Program.

Qualifying open source projects also get 50,000 compute minutes and free access to the Ultimate tier through the GitLab for Open Source program.

Search seat usage

To search seat usage:

1. On the left sidebar, select Search or go to and find your group.
2. Select Settings > Usage quotas.
3. On the Seats tab, enter a string in the search field. A minimum of 3 characters are required.

The search returns users whose first name, last name, or username contain the search string.

For example:

Compute minutes

Compute minutes is the resource consumed when running CI/CD pipelines on GitLab instance runners. If you run out of compute minutes, you can purchase additional compute minutes.

Purchase more storage

Prerequisites:

• You must have the Owner role.

For your personal namespace

1. Sign in to GitLab.com.
2. From either your personal homepage or the group’s page, go to Settings > Usage quotas.
3. Select the Storage tab.
4. For each read-only project, total by how much its Usage exceeds the free quota and purchased storage. You must purchase the storage increment that exceeds this total.
5. Select Buy storage. You are taken to the Customers Portal.
6. In the Subscription details section, select the name of the user from the dropdown list.
7. Enter the desired quantity of storage packs.
8. In the Customer information section, verify your address.
9. In the Billing information section, select the payment method from the dropdown list.
10. Select the Privacy Statement and Terms of Service checkboxes.
11. Select Buy storage.

The Purchased storage available total is incremented by the amount purchased. The read-only state for all projects is removed, and their excess usage is deducted from the additional storage.

For your group namespace

If you’re using GitLab.com, you can purchase additional storage so your pipelines aren’t blocked after you have used all your storage from your main quota. You can find pricing for additional storage on the GitLab Pricing page.

To purchase additional storage for your group on GitLab.com:

1. Sign in to GitLab.com.
2. On the left sidebar, select Search or go to and find your group.
3. Select Settings > Usage quotas.
4. Select the Storage tab.
5. Select Buy storage. You are taken to the Customers Portal.
6. In the Subscription details section, enter the desired quantity of storage packs.
7. In the Customer information section, verify your address.
8. In the Billing information section, select a payment method from the dropdown list.
9. Select the Privacy Statement and Terms of Service checkboxes.
10. Select Buy storage.

After your payment is processed, the extra storage is available for your group namespace.

To confirm the available storage, follow the first three steps listed previously.

The Purchased storage available total is incremented by the amount purchased. All locked projects are unlocked and their excess usage is deducted from the additional storage.