CI/CD Cost

What CI really costs - and how to slash the bill.

Understand GitHub Actions pricing and billing, compare hosted vs self-hosted vs managed runner costs, and cut your CI bill with concrete playbooks. Includes a free cost calculator.

Pricing explained

Minutes, billing, and per-runner cost.

GitHub Actions pricing explainedHow GitHub Actions pricing actually works - included minutes, per-minute rates, multipliers for Windows and m…

Cut costs

Playbooks to lower your CI bill.

How to cut GitHub Actions costsTwelve concrete ways to cut your GitHub Actions bill - caching, concurrency, path filters, runner sizing, kil…

Calculators

Estimate and compare your spend.

GitHub Actions cost calculatorFree GitHub Actions cost calculator: enter your monthly CI minutes and runner size to see your current bill a…

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