Pricing
Pay for the minutes you run.
Nothing else.
Speedforge is usage-based. You're billed per runner-minute — the same way you already think about CI — at a rate that comes in under GitHub-hosted runners. No machine to reserve, no idle fleet to pay for. Runners scale to zero when you're not building.
Free trial: 30 days, ~100 CI minutes, no credit card.
Simple, per-minute pricing
One meter: runner-minutes. Pick the runner size your jobs need; pay only for the minutes they actually run.
Standard runner
2 vCPU · drop-in for ubuntu-latest
- Dedicated, isolated, ephemeral
- Autoscaling — scales to zero
- Below GitHub-hosted per-minute rates
Large runner
More vCPU for heavy builds & big matrices
- Same drop-in
runs-onmodel - Right-sized for parallel fan-out
- Still competitive with hosted large runners
Free trial
30 days · ~100 CI minutes · no card
- Move one workflow, see real numbers
- No commitment, cancel anytime
- Convert to usage-based when you're ready
How it compares
Public repositories run free on GitHub; the bill shows up on private and internal repos. That's where Speedforge saves you money on every minute.
| Runner | GitHub-hosted (Linux 2-core) | Speedforge standard |
|---|---|---|
| Per runner-minute | $0.006 (published 2-core rate) | $0.004 — ~33% less |
| Idle cost | n/a | Zero — scales to zero |
| Migration | — | One line: runs-on: speedforge |
| Isolation | Shared hosted pool | Dedicated, isolated namespace per org |
Billed monthly through Stripe against your metered usage. You only pay for runner-minutes beyond your free trial — and you can watch your usage the whole time.
Pricing FAQ
How am I billed?
Per runner-minute, metered as your jobs run, invoiced monthly through Stripe. No reserved capacity, no minimums beyond what you use.
What does the free trial include?
New organizations get 30 days and roughly 100 CI minutes, with no credit card required. Point one workflow at speedforge and decide from your own numbers.
What happens when the trial ends?
You convert to usage-based pricing — add a payment method and keep running. Nothing changes in your workflows; only the meter starts counting paid minutes.
Are public repositories free?
Public-repo CI is free on GitHub-hosted runners, so Speedforge is aimed at private and internal repos where minutes are billed — that's where we're cheaper.
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