Latchkey Pricing: Managed GitHub Actions Runner Plans & Cost
What Latchkey costs, plan by plan: the monthly fee, the free runner minutes included, the per-minute managed-runner rate, and how it stacks up against paying GitHub-hosted rates.
Latchkey bills two things: a flat monthly plan fee that sets your repository limit, seats, and included free runner minutes, plus a per-minute rate for managed runner time beyond that allowance. Every plan runs your jobs on managed, self-healing GitHub Actions runners and includes build cost and performance analytics. Managed runners start at $0.0025/min, roughly 69% below the standard GitHub-hosted Linux rate at the same size.
Plans at a glance
Developer is $5/month: 1 repository, 2,000 free runner minutes/month, and a single seat - the cheapest way to put one repo on managed self-healing runners. Launch is $19/month: up to 10 repositories, 4,000 free minutes/month, a warm runner pool for fast job startup, and extra seats at $5 each. Scale is $49/month: up to 40 repositories, 6,000 free minutes/month, 5 included seats, and a larger multi-size warm pool. Enterprise is custom-priced for 41+ repositories with negotiated runner rates, custom warm-pool sizing, and priority capacity. Every tier includes self-healing on every runner, build cost and performance analytics, and AI-powered build optimizations.
How the per-minute rate works
Each plan includes a block of free runner minutes (2,000 / 4,000 / 6,000 by tier). Past that, managed runner time is billed per minute by runner size: small (2 vCPU) from $0.0025/min, medium (4 vCPU) from $0.005/min, and large (8 vCPU) from $0.01/min. You are not billed for queue time, and a job that self-heals and retries does not cost you a second full run - you pay for the compute your jobs actually use.
How that compares to GitHub-hosted
Standard GitHub-hosted Linux runners bill about $0.008/min (2-core), $0.016/min (4-core), and $0.032/min (8-core), with higher multipliers for Windows and macOS. Latchkey managed runners at $0.0025 / $0.005 / $0.01 per minute are about 69% lower at each size, before counting the minutes you stop paying for because flaky jobs self-heal instead of being re-run from scratch. Plug your own monthly minutes and runner mix into the cost calculator to see the difference for your workflows.
What every plan includes
Self-healing on every runner (transient and mechanical failures are detected, repaired, and retried automatically), build cost and performance analytics across your workflows, and AI-powered build optimizations. Launch and above add a warm runner pool so jobs start fast instead of waiting on cold provisioning. Setup is a one-line runs-on label swap, with no runner infrastructure to manage yourself.
Free trial and switching
The Developer and Launch plans start as a free trial with no credit card required, so you can move one repository onto managed runners and watch the cost and reliability before you commit. Because Latchkey uses standard GitHub Actions runners behind a label swap, moving on or off is a one-line runs-on change, so there is no lock-in.
Key takeaways
- Plans: Developer $5/mo (1 repo, 2,000 free min), Launch $19/mo (10 repos, 4,000 free min), Scale $49/mo (40 repos, 6,000 free min), Enterprise custom (41+ repos).
- Beyond free minutes, managed runners bill per minute by size: small $0.0025, medium $0.005, large $0.01 - about 69% under GitHub-hosted rates.
- Every plan includes self-healing runners, build cost and performance analytics, and AI-powered optimizations.
- Developer and Launch start as a free trial with no credit card; setup and switching are a one-line runs-on label swap.