Assessing Cost Trade‑offs Between GitHub‑Hosted and Self‑Hosted Runners for Low‑Traffic Workflows
Context A private repository with low traffic currently uses GitHub Actions. The free tier provides 2,000 minutes per month. Workflows occasionally exceed this limit, incurring per‑minute charges for GitHub‑hosted runners. An alternative is to deploy a self‑hosted runner , which avoids GitHub‑side billing but introduces hardware, power, bandwidth, and mainte
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