GitHub Actions
CI/CD built into GitHub, billed per minute on hosted runners and free on self-hosted ones.
- CI/CD
- Yes
- Not documented
- Not documented
Who it suits.
Repos already on GitHub — no separate CI product to wire up, and self-hosted runners cost nothing to use beyond the hardware itself.
Consider something else if…
Heavy macOS usage — at $0.062/minute it's by far the most expensive runner type here, and a dedicated CI product may price Mac builds differently.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
What the documentation says.
Each value below links to the page it was read from, with the sentence it came from. Criteria GitHub Actions does not publish are not listed.
Pricing
Free tier
Yes
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- About billing for GitHub Actions ↗
“GitHub Free: 2,000 minutes/month, 500 MB artifact storage, 10 GB cache storage.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official docs
Pricing model
Per-minute billing beyond the included allowance: $0.006/minute (Linux), $0.010/minute (Windows), $0.062/minute (macOS). Artifact storage overage $0.25/GB-month; cache storage overage $0.07/GB-month.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- About billing for GitHub Actions ↗
“Linux: $0.006 USD/minute. Windows: $0.010 USD/minute. macOS: $0.062 USD/minute. Shared storage: $0.25 USD per GB/month. Cache storage: $0.07 USD per GB/month.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official docs
Limits
Build allowance
2,000 minutes/month on GitHub Free; 3,000 on Pro and Team; 50,000 on Enterprise Cloud.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- About billing for GitHub Actions ↗
“Free: 2,000 minutes. Pro: 3,000 minutes. Team: 3,000 minutes. Enterprise Cloud: 50,000 minutes.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official docs
CI/CD
Max job duration
Up to 6 hours of execution time per job on GitHub-hosted runners. A job that exceeds this is terminated and fails.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- GitHub Actions limits ↗
“Each job in a workflow can run for up to 6 hours of execution time. If a job reaches this limit, the job is terminated and fails.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official docs
Self-hosted runners
Free for self-hosted runners — no usage charges beyond the runner's own infrastructure cost.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- About billing for GitHub Actions ↗
“GitHub Actions is free for self-hosted runners.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official docs
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.