2,000 minutes at $0.008, concurrency 1
- Cost = $16
- Wall-clock ≈ 2,000 minutes
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CI/CD Minutes Cost Calculator
Estimate CI/CD pipeline cost from minutes used, per-minute rate, and optional concurrency.
Results
- Estimated cost
- $16
- Approx. wall-clock minutes at given concurrency
- 2000.00
How to use this calculator
- Enter total CI/CD minutes for the period.
- Set your per-minute rate for hosted/self-hosted runners.
- Optionally set concurrency to see approximate wall-clock time.
Inputs explained
- Total minutes
- Sum of all CI/CD job minutes in the billing period.
- Rate
- Your provider’s per-minute rate or your calculated self-hosted cost per minute.
- Concurrency
- Number of jobs that can run in parallel; used for wall-clock approximation.
How it works
Cost = Total minutes × Rate per minute.
Parallel wall-clock minutes = Total minutes ÷ Concurrency (simplified, assumes even distribution).
Formula
Cost = Minutes × Rate Parallel minutes ≈ Minutes ÷ Concurrency
When to use it
- Budgeting CI/CD spend for a month or project.
- Comparing hosted vs self-hosted runner costs.
- Checking savings from reducing minutes or increasing concurrency.
Tips & cautions
- If your pipeline mix has different rates (e.g., Mac vs Linux), use a weighted average rate.
- Parallel minutes are simplified; real pipelines have queue/serialize steps—treat as a rough guide.
- Trim minutes by caching, test sharding, and skipping unchanged paths.
- No tiered pricing or free allowance modeled; enter an effective rate if tiers apply.
- Parallel time assumes even distribution; real pipelines have sequential stages.
- Does not include storage/artifact costs.
Worked examples
5,000 minutes at $0.006, concurrency 4
- Cost = $30
- Wall-clock ≈ 1,250 minutes
Deep dive
Estimate CI/CD pipeline cost by entering total build minutes, per-minute rate, and optional concurrency.
Use it to budget hosted runner spend or compare with self-hosted costs.
FAQs
- Does this include free minutes?
- No. Subtract free allowances or use an effective rate after free tiers.
- What about different OS rates?
- Use a weighted average rate across OS types.
- Can I model per-seat costs?
- Not here. This focuses on per-minute usage; add seat costs separately.
- Does concurrency reduce cost?
- No. It reduces wall-clock time, not total minutes. Cost depends on minutes used and rate.
- How to cut minutes?
- Use caching, test splitting, conditional pipelines, and prune integration scope to reduce minutes billed.
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