r/github • u/aniketmaurya • 7d ago

Showcase Created a GitHub Actions cost simulator

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If you have been pushing hundreds of PRs every day with coding agents and finishing your GitHub Actions quota, I built this CI cost simulator for you.

https://celesto.ai/ci

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u/theoptimalfinale 7d ago

this pricing table is doing the lord's work, github standard at 14.40 for that workload is criminal when the micro tier is literally 60 cents

the calculator part is nice too, most people just guess at their ci spend

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u/aniketmaurya 7d ago

You got this!

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u/spellcasterGG 6d ago

Why people don't use self hosted runners is beyond to me. The cost is literally zero.

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u/aniketmaurya 6d ago

Electricity bill, concurrent rust compiles

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u/spellcasterGG 6d ago

Run it on the same hypervisor as your other servers. Less than a fraction of the overall CPU usage. Less than a penny per month.

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u/aniketmaurya 5d ago

What do you mean by other servers?

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u/rabinapps 3d ago

If you want to save Mac ci minutes and have concurrency use https://kinhin.dev