Gitea Pricing 2026 — Self-Hosted Git Service & Infrastructure Costs

Gitea Software Licensing

Component	Cost	Best For
Gitea Software	$0	Self-hosted, unlimited users, unlimited repos
Infrastructure (VPS)	$5–50/mo	Small teams (1–20 people), hobby projects
Infrastructure (Managed)	$20–200/mo	Enterprise, HA setup, dedicated support
Support	$0 (community)	Community-supported, open-source project

Key difference: Gitea pricing is not about the software (it's free), but about the infrastructure you run it on. You pay for VPS, cloud instances, databases, and backups — not for Gitea itself.

Infrastructure Cost Scenarios

Scenario 1: Small Team (5–20 people)

VPS (AWS t3.small or Linode equivalent) ~$10–15/mo

Database (managed PostgreSQL) ~$15–25/mo

Backups & storage ~$5–10/mo

Total monthly cost ~$30–50/mo

Cost per person (10 people) $3–5/person/mo

Scenario 2: Growing Team (20–50 people)

VPS (AWS t3.large or equivalent) ~$30–50/mo

Managed database (RDS, CloudSQL) ~$50–100/mo

Load balancing, backups, storage ~$20–40/mo

Total monthly cost ~$100–190/mo

Cost per person (30 people) $3–6/person/mo

Scenario 3: Docker Container Hosting

Heroku ($7–50/dyno/mo) ~$20–100/mo

DigitalOcean App Platform ($12/mo) ~$12–30/mo

Railway or Replit ~$5–20/mo

Gitea vs GitHub vs GitLab — Total Cost Comparison

For a 10-person team managing 20 repositories:

Gitea (self-hosted) ~$30–50/mo ($3–5/person)

GitHub Team ~$210/mo ($21/person × 10)

GitLab Premium ~$290/mo ($29/person × 10)

Gitea savings vs GitHub: ~$160–180/mo (75% cheaper)

Gitea Features (All Plans)

Unlike GitHub/GitLab, Gitea features don't tier by plan (because it's self-hosted):

Unlimited public and private repositories
Unlimited collaborators and team members
Git LFS (Large File Storage) support
Webhooks and integrations (Slack, Discord, etc.)
CI/CD pipeline support (via Actions or external tools)
Issue tracking and pull requests
Wiki and project management
Full API for automation
SAML/OIDC authentication (SSO)
Audit logs and role-based access control (RBAC)
Docker container provided (easy deployment)

When to Choose Gitea

You want to avoid vendor lock-in: Gitea is open-source, your data stays on your infrastructure
You're a small–medium team (5–50 people): Dramatically cheaper than GitHub/GitLab ($3–5/person vs $20–30)
You have DevOps capacity: Someone on the team is comfortable with infrastructure management
Compliance requirements: You need data sovereignty or internal-only Git hosting
High-volume CI/CD: You want unlimited Actions/pipeline minutes (GitHub charges overage)

Gitea Deployment Options

1. Manual VPS (Cheapest, Most Control)

Rent a VPS (Linode, DigitalOcean, AWS, Hetzner)
Install Gitea binary or run via Docker
Cost: $5–30/mo VPS + database
Effort: 1–2 hours initial setup, ongoing maintenance

2. Container Platform (Balanced)

DigitalOcean App Platform, Railway, or Render
Push Docker image, automatic deploys
Cost: $10–50/mo
Effort: 30 min setup, minimal maintenance

3. Kubernetes (Enterprise)

Deploy on EKS, GKE, or self-managed Kubernetes cluster
Cost: $100–500+/mo (cluster infrastructure)
Effort: Full DevOps team

Gitea Limitations vs GitHub/GitLab

No GitHub Pages / GitLab Pages: You manage static hosting yourself
Community support only: No official support tier (vs GitHub Enterprise support)
No Copilot or AI features: GitHub Copilot integration not available
Ecosystem smaller: Fewer third-party integrations (but expanding)
Migration effort: Moving existing repos requires cleanup of GitHub-specific features

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