How to stop overpaying for GitHub Actions (And a free tool to fix it) 💸

If you are a developer or a DevOps engineer, you probably love GitHub Actions. It’s seamlessly integrated and easy to set up. But there is one universal truth we all figure out eventually: GitHub Actions pricing can be incredibly confusing, and the bills can escalate quickly. The biggest trap? The runner multipliers. Running a job on an Ubuntu runner is cheap, but the moment you switch to a Windows runner, you are paying 2x. Switch to a macOS runner, and suddenly you are paying 10x the per-minute rate. If you have a complex .yaml file with matrix builds across different OS environments, estimating your end-of-month cost is basically a guessing game. I got tired of doing this math manually, so I decided to build a solution. Enter: GitHub Actions Cost Calculator 🛠️ I built a completely free, visual calculator that does the math for you. Link: githubactionscost.online How it works: You just paste your workflow .yml or .yaml file into the editor. It parses your jobs, steps, and OS environ