# Pipeline types
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CodePipeline provides the following pipeline types, which differ in characteristics and price, so that you can tailor your pipeline features and cost to the needs of your applications.
+ V1 type pipelines have a JSON structure that contains standard pipeline, stage, and action-level parameters.
+ V2 type pipelines have the same structure as a V1 type, along with additional parameters for release safety and trigger configuration.

For information about pricing for CodePipeline, see [Pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/pricing/).

See the [CodePipeline pipeline structure reference](reference-pipeline-structure.md) page for details about parameters in each pipeline type. For information about which type of pipeline to choose, see [What type of pipeline is right for me?](pipeline-types-planning.md).