Blacksmith · FinOps Profile

Blacksmith Sh Finops

FinOps view of Blacksmith spend. Blacksmith bills a usage-based, per-minute compute model for GitHub Actions runners, metered by runner family (Ubuntu x64 ~$0.004/min, Ubuntu ARM64 ~$0.0025/min, Windows ~$0.008/min at 2 vCPU, scaling with vCPU count; macOS Apple Silicon ~$0.08/min). Each account includes 3,000 free minutes per month and 25 GB of free cache storage per repository per week. Persistent-storage features (Docker layer caching and Sticky Disks at +$0.50/GB/month) and static IPs (+$100/IP/month) are add-ons. Because Blacksmith runners are roughly 2x faster and exactly half the per-minute cost of GitHub-hosted runners, total CI spend typically drops about 75%.

Blacksmith Sh Finops is the FinOps profile for Blacksmith on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 6 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Runners, Caching, and Docker.

Category: Developer Tools Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
CI/CDGitHub ActionsRunnersCachingDockerFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Blacksmith
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Blacksmith
PublisherName
Blacksmith
ServiceCategory
Developer Tools
ServiceName
Blacksmith Runners

Meters

runner_minutes
Unit: minutes
Compute minutes consumed by CI jobs, billed per minute per runner family and scaled by vCPU count.
free_minutes
Unit: minutes
First 3,000 minutes per month included at no charge per account.
cache_storage_gb
Unit: gigabytes
Co-located CI cache storage; 25 GB per repository per week included, overflow subject to cache eviction.
docker_layer_cache_gb
Unit: gigabytes
Docker layer cache retained on sticky disks, billed at $0.50 per GB per month.
sticky_disk_gb
Unit: gigabytes
Persistent Sticky Disk storage, billed at $0.50 per GB per month.
static_ip_count
Unit: ip_address
Dedicated static IPs for runner egress, billed at $100 per IP per month.

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