Question 1

How to track GitHub Actions costs?

Accepted Answer

Octolense automatically tracks your GitHub Actions costs by connecting to your GitHub account and analyzing workflow runs, billable minutes, and runner usage across all your repositories. Get detailed cost breakdowns by repository, workflow, and time period.

Question 2

What is the best GitHub Actions analytics tool?

Accepted Answer

Octolense is the leading GitHub Actions analytics tool, providing comprehensive cost tracking, workflow performance metrics, and optimization insights. Unlike basic GitHub insights, Octolense offers detailed cost analysis, cross-repository analytics, and actionable recommendations.

Question 3

How can I reduce CI/CD expenses?

Accepted Answer

Reduce CI/CD costs by identifying expensive workflows, optimizing runner types, reducing unnecessary builds, and using Octolense's cost analysis to find workflows that consume the most billable minutes. Many teams reduce costs by 40% after optimization.

Question 4

Does Octolense support GitHub workflow performance monitoring?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Octolense provides comprehensive GitHub workflow performance monitoring including execution times, success rates, failure analysis, and performance trends over time. Monitor workflow efficiency across all your repositories from a single dashboard.

Question 5

How does Octolense GitHub Actions cost tracking work?

Accepted Answer

Octolense securely connects to your GitHub account via GitHub App, analyzes your workflow runs and billable minutes, then provides detailed cost breakdowns by repository, workflow, and runner type. No changes to your existing workflows required.

Question 6

Can I track GitHub Actions costs across multiple organizations?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Octolense supports multi-organization GitHub Actions cost tracking. Monitor costs across all your GitHub organizations and accounts from a single dashboard, with detailed breakdowns and comparisons between organizations.

Question 7

What GitHub Actions insights does Octolense provide?

Accepted Answer

Octolense provides comprehensive GitHub Actions insights including cost analysis, workflow performance metrics, repository comparisons, runner utilization, failure rates, and optimization recommendations. Get the visibility you need to optimize your CI/CD processes.

Question 8

Is there a free GitHub Actions cost tracker?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Octolense offers a free plan for individual developers to track GitHub Actions costs and performance. Free users get full access to cost tracking, basic analytics, and workflow insights for personal repositories.

Question 9

How secure is Octolense with my GitHub data?

Accepted Answer

Octolense uses GitHub's official App platform with read-only permissions for workflow and billing data. We never access your source code, only metadata about workflow runs, costs, and performance metrics. Your data is encrypted and securely stored.

Capability	GitHub	Octolense
Scope	Repo-level only	Org-wide visibility
Cost tracking	Billing separate from performance	Cost per workflow, job, and repo
Navigation	5+ scattered pages	Single control plane
Grouping	None	By team, cost, or performance
Trend analysis	Not available	Built-in cost and duration trends

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