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GitHub Actions pricing
GitHub Actions publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, GitHub Actions pricing is free across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
GitHub Actions plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 2 | Entry tier |
| Team | $4/month | 3 | +$4/month, 2 more features |
| Enterprise | $21/month | 3 | +$17/month, 1 more feature |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 2,000 ci/cd minutes per month, free for public repositories.
Team
$4/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- 3,000 CI/CD minutes per month
- First 12 months at promotional rate
Enterprise
$21/monthOver Team, this tier adds:
- 50,000 CI/CD minutes per month
Where GitHub Actions stops being free
Free, Free
- 2,000 CI/CD minutes per month
- Free for public repositories
Team, $4/month
The first thing you pay for:
- 3,000 CI/CD minutes per month
- First 12 months at promotional rate
How that compares in Testing
Too few testing tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Actions (this page) | Free | subscription | - | |
| Jest | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs GitHub Actions |
| Cucumber | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs GitHub Actions |
| Percy | Free | Freemium, paid tiers by screenshot volume | - | vs GitHub Actions |
| Detox | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs GitHub Actions |
| Appium | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs GitHub Actions |
| PractiTest | On request | Per user per month, yearly minimum on Corporate tier | - | vs GitHub Actions |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the GitHub Actions badges page.
Before you pay for GitHub Actions
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $21/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
GitHub Actions runs on not recorded, and is published by GitHub Inc. of San Francisco, California, USA. The full record is on the GitHub Actions review, and the rest of the category is under best testing tools.
GitHub Actions pricing questions
- How much does GitHub Actions cost?
- GitHub Actions publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $21/month for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does GitHub Actions have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 2,000 ci/cd minutes per month, free for public repositories. Paying starts at $4/month for Team.
- What is the difference between Free and Team on GitHub Actions?
- Team costs $4/month against Free, and adds 3,000 ci/cd minutes per month, first 12 months at promotional rate.
- Is the Enterprise plan on GitHub Actions worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 50,000 ci/cd minutes per month. It costs $21/month against $4/month for Team. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which testing tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 testing tools listed alongside GitHub Actions have a free tier: Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox, Appium.
- What am I actually paying for with GitHub Actions?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The GitHub Actions review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does GitHub Actions charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these GitHub Actions prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare GitHub Actions against before paying?
- The closest testing tools in this directory are Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox. Each has a side-by-side comparison with GitHub Actions covering price, platforms and features.