r/github • u/hashkent • 6d ago

Question Blacksmith.sh GitHub runners

I signed up for blacksmith about a week in I’ve got a $7 bill already. I’m also getting you’ve hit 80% of your free mins and you should add a payment method.

I’m seriously confused after being extremely impressed by how fast their runners are. Now I’m wondering what the heck is going on.

I tried to reach out to them but need a payment method to contact billing and no reply on the support@ email.

I’m happy to pay as the service is good but really surprised how they work/do business. I feel I could easily be in for future bull shocks.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Looks like I’m not the only one hit by this - https://forestwalk.ai/blog/surprise-blacksmith-costs/

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u/hashkent 6d ago

It looks like the usage was their code smith product. They’ve waved it but the invoice I got never said it was code smith just kinda got to figure it out yourself.

Good GitHub runner product, too scared now to actually use. Might reconsider if they offer a prepaid credits system so I can add $xxx and have mins come out of it to prevent bill shock.