GitHub Actions (hosted runners)
GitHub's built-in CI/CD with GitHub-hosted runners; minutes included per plan, then billed per minute by runner size.
Repositories already on GitHub get CI with no extra setup, standard hosted runners are free for public repos, and self-hosted runners are never charged. Private repos pay $0.006/min on the standard Linux 2-core runner once the plan allowance of 2,000, 3,000 or 50,000 minutes is used, while macOS at $0.062/min and larger x64 runners up to $0.252/min make runner choice the bigger lever. Third-party runners such as Ubicloud, Blacksmith or Namespace work with the same workflows at lower per-minute rates. EU data residency requires Enterprise Cloud via sales.
- Headquarters
- 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
- Parent jurisdiction
- 馃嚭馃嚫 United States (parent: Microsoft)
- EU self-serve plan
- No / not documented
- GDPR DPA
- Yes
- Billing
- payg
- Free tier
- Standard hosted runners are free for public repositories; private repos get 2,000 min/month on Free.
- Open source
- No
- Website
- github.com
- Source last checked
- 2026-10-06
- Pricing evidence
- Modeled rates
Pricing
Published rates converted using workload assumptions. Read the notes. Assumes ten platform seats. Existing seats are not an incremental runner cost; included minutes depend on the plan. How to read these estimates.
| Plan | Base fee / month | Build minute |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0.006 |
| Team (10 seats) | $40 | $0.006 |
| Enterprise Cloud (10 seats) | $210 | $0.006 |
Allowances, plan limits & calculation details
Rates are shown at their recorded precision. A zero means no charge in this calculation; the vendor may charge for things we leave out. See the notes for usage assumptions and currency conversions.
Free
- Base fee / month
- $0
- Included build minutes / month
- 2,000
- Build minute
- $0.006
Team (10 seats)
- Base fee / month
- $40
- Included build minutes / month
- 3,000
- Build minute
- $0.006
Enterprise Cloud (10 seats)
- Base fee / month
- $210
- Included build minutes / month
- 50,000
- Build minute
- $0.006
Private repositories, standard Linux 2-core x64 runner: $0.006/min (1-core $0.002, 2-core arm64 $0.005, larger x64 runners $0.012-$0.252/min, Windows 2-core $0.010, macOS $0.062). Included minutes per month: Free 2,000, Pro/Team 3,000, Enterprise Cloud 50,000 (docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/ github-actions). Seat prices from github.com/pricing: Team $4/user/month, Enterprise $21/user/month; plans modelled with an assumed 10 seats, though seats are bought for the repo platform, not for CI. Standard hosted runners are free for public repositories, and self-hosted runners are not charged. EU data residency (GHE.com) is only for Enterprise Cloud via sales.
Managed alternatives
At 50,000 Linux build minutes / month. Adjust usage and requirements.
GitHub Actions (hosted runners): $2,520/yr estimated.
- Ubicloud (GitHub Actions runners): $720/yr estimated 路 $1,800/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Namespace: $1,200/yr estimated 路 $1,320/yr bill differenceEstimated ratesDeveloper uses the overage rate because a separate pay-as-you-go rate is not published. Memory-heavy runners cost more.
- Blacksmith: $2,256/yr estimated 路 $264/yr bill differencePublished rates
- WarpBuild: $2,400/yr estimated 路 $120/yr bill differencePublished rates
No cheaper managed estimate matches your filters. Adjust your usage or compare with your actual contract bill.
The price difference leaves out migration costs, operating costs and any features you鈥檇 need to replace.
Self-hosted options
Operating cost is not estimated. These options are not counted as savings against managed services.
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