What is Garden?

Garden is an advanced CI/CD automation platform engineered to accelerate the development lifecycle for Kubernetes applications. Leveraging intelligent dependency graphs, build and test caching, and ephemeral environments, it enables developers to reduce CI build times by up to 90% and ensures consistency from development to production. Its dynamic source of truth centralizes complex pipeline flows, simplifying maintenance and onboarding while supporting rapid iteration and seamless scaling as organizations grow.

With features such as one-click production-like sandbox environments, live code syncing, and detailed real-time logs, Garden helps teams catch issues early, cut infrastructure costs, and improve release quality. Integrating with popular tools like Docker, Terraform, and Pulumi, it allows development teams to standardize workflows and automate CI processes efficiently, eliminating common pipeline bottlenecks and enhancing developer autonomy and productivity.

Features

Smart Dependency Graphs: Optimizes pipeline execution by only triggering necessary CI actions.
Build and Test Caching: Reduces build times by up to 83% through intelligent caching mechanisms.
Ephemeral Environments: Instantly creates production-like testing sandboxes for early issue detection.
Live Code Syncing: Seamlessly updates code between local machines and running containers.
Centralized Pipeline Management: Uses a single blueprinted configuration to simplify complex workflows.
Real-Time Streaming Logs: Access all build, deployment, and test logs on a unified timeline.
Portable Pipelines: Ensures consistency across development, CI, and production environments.
Template-Based Workflows: Codifies in-house practices with reusable templates and custom workflows.
Comprehensive Integrations: Supports Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi, and custom scripts.

Use Cases

Automating and accelerating CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes-based projects.
Setting up standardized developer platforms for internal teams.
Running end-to-end tests in production-like local or CI environments.
Reducing infrastructure costs through targeted caching and optimized builds.
Onboarding new developers quickly with unified tooling and documentation.
Live iterating on code changes within containers during development.

FAQs

How does Garden pricing work?

Garden is priced per user seat, starting at $50 per user per month. Each plan includes a monthly allotment of build minutes, and additional compute resources can be purchased separately.
What is a build minute in Garden?

A build minute refers to the amount of non-idle time a container builder instance is used for building containers. It is calculated based on the number of CPUs and duration of use per build instance.
Does Garden offer special pricing for startups and nonprofits?

Yes, Garden provides reduced per-user pricing for early-stage companies and nonprofits. Interested organizations should contact Garden for more information.
What is the difference between Free, Team, and Enterprise plans?

All plans use the open source Garden Core CLI and include the Remote Container Builder and web dashboard. The Team and Enterprise plans offer more monthly build minutes per user, extended log and cache retention, and advanced support options.
What integrations does Garden support?

Garden integrates with platforms and tools including Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi, and supports custom scripts.