CI/CD & Pipelines
CI Artifact Retention Cost Calculator
Enter artifact size, daily run count, and retention days to compute total storage volume and monthly GitHub Actions artifact storage cost.
No data is transmitted — everything runs locallyTool
Example — 250 MB artifacts · 8 runs/day · 30-day retention
Total storage
58.59 GB
avg × runs/day × retention
Free tier used
0.500 GB
first 500 MB free
Billable storage
58.09 GB
above free tier
Monthly cost
$13.94
$0.008/GB/day
About this tool
CI Artifact Retention Cost Calculator
The CI Artifact Retention Cost Calculator computes total artifact storage volume and monthly cost from artifact size, run frequency, and retention period.
• Calculate artifact storage cost before setting a retention policy
• Model storage savings from reducing retention from 90 to 14 days
• Determine when artifact storage cost justifies a dedicated artifact registry
• Estimate container image storage costs for a CI/CD pipeline
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FAQ
What does this tool tell you?
The CI Artifact Retention Cost Calculator computes total artifact storage volume and monthly cost from artifact size, run frequency, and retention period.
What affects the result most?
GitHub Actions artifacts: free 500MB storage, then $0.008/GB/day. Artifact retention: default 90 days — shorter retention dramatically reduces storage cost. Build artifact size: Docker layers are largest — multi-stage builds reduce artifact size.
How should I use the result?
The calculation is deterministic — the same inputs always produce the same output — so the most useful workflow is to vary one input at a time and see which factor moves the result most. That tells you where to focus your attention before committing to a decision.
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