GitHub Actions Cost Optimizer - Calculate Cut your GitHub Actions CI/CD bill by 50% with AI
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A free, visual calculator that parses your workflow YAML to estimate CI/CD costs across Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows runners. Includes an AI analyzer that suggests actionable optimizations to reduce execution time and save money. 100% private, runs in-browser.
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Hey Product Hunt! š I'm Shubham.
I love GitHub Actions, but estimating the end-of-month bill is a nightmare.
The runner multipliers are a massive trap. Running a job on an Ubuntu runner is cheap, but the moment you switch to Windows (2x) or macOS (10x), the costs explode. If you have complex matrix builds, you basically have to guess your CI/CD costs until the invoice hits.
I got tired of doing this math manually, so I built a free visual calculator to fix it.
Here is what it does:
1. Instant Cost Parsing: Paste your workflow .yml or .yaml file. It instantly breaks down the per-minute pricing across different OS environments and self-hosted runners.
2. AI Optimization Engine: Knowing the price isn't enough. I integrated an AI analyzer that reads your specific YAML architecture and suggests actionable ways to cut execution time (like aggressive dependency caching, fixing missing step timeouts, etc.). In testing, this cuts costs by 40% to 60%.
š A Note on Privacy (Crucial for Devs):
I know we all hate pasting infrastructure code into random websites. That's why I built this entirely with Vanilla HTML/JS. There is zero backend database. The parsing happens entirely on the fly in your browser. Your secrets and architecture stay yours.
The tool is 100% free with no signups.
I would love for you to drop one of your heavy workflows into it and see how much the AI can shave off your bill. Let me know what edge cases I missed or what features you'd like to see next!
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