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Dear Github: I do not want to talk to sales for something listed on the pricing page for $21 per month. Thank you.

prepend 6y ago
What’s frustrating is that it’s not part of the $21/month. I have that and have been trying to get pricing info for a few weeks. I’ve gotten mixed messages that it costs nothing extra and just uses Action minutes on their price schedule or that it costs some unknown price that is extra. My impression is that they haven’t picked pricing yet. It frustrates me when the price answer is “contact sales and let’s talk about it.” These marginal services really depend on the price, I think.
- beardedwizard 6y ago
  They are still trying to determine pricing, and figure out how to position themselves against competitors (who are about to have thier lunch eaten if gh is smart)
  - prepend 6y ago
    I wonder if the problem is that the marginal cost is near zero because the rules are mostly open source and there’s no special infrastructure. So the problem is that they are trying to figure out the “value” instead of giving it out for free. What’s interesting about gitlab’s sast is that it’s really mostly just curating open source tools and using their existing CI stack. So it’s possible to just look at their code and set up, but a hassle. I’m hoping GH just gives it away for free. Or does some sort of sonarqube method where you layer on indemnity or something. The problem is that per user pricing sucks because most users don’t care. The PM or maybe one or two are interested, but paying for 400 users with licenses to please 5 audit people doesn’t make sense when it’s really just being run by a single Jenkins robot (or equivalent).
    - beardedwizard 6y ago
      I'm also concerned about per user pricing
- indymike 6y ago
  Hmm. It says "included with gihub enterprise" on the product page, then on the pricing page it says $21/user/mo. Github has done a good job on making something complicated simple... but this appears to be the opposite... making the simple complicated.

What’s frustrating is that it’s not part of the $21/month. I have that and have been trying to get pricing info for a few weeks. I’ve gotten mixed messages that it costs nothing extra and just uses Action minutes on their price schedule or that it costs some unknown price that is extra. My impression is that they haven’t picked pricing yet. It frustrates me when the price answer is “contact sales and let’s talk about it.” These marginal services really depend on the price, I think.

beardedwizard 6y ago
They are still trying to determine pricing, and figure out how to position themselves against competitors (who are about to have thier lunch eaten if gh is smart)
- prepend 6y ago
  I wonder if the problem is that the marginal cost is near zero because the rules are mostly open source and there’s no special infrastructure. So the problem is that they are trying to figure out the “value” instead of giving it out for free. What’s interesting about gitlab’s sast is that it’s really mostly just curating open source tools and using their existing CI stack. So it’s possible to just look at their code and set up, but a hassle. I’m hoping GH just gives it away for free. Or does some sort of sonarqube method where you layer on indemnity or something. The problem is that per user pricing sucks because most users don’t care. The PM or maybe one or two are interested, but paying for 400 users with licenses to please 5 audit people doesn’t make sense when it’s really just being run by a single Jenkins robot (or equivalent).
  - beardedwizard 6y ago
    I'm also concerned about per user pricing
indymike 6y ago
Hmm. It says "included with gihub enterprise" on the product page, then on the pricing page it says $21/user/mo. Github has done a good job on making something complicated simple... but this appears to be the opposite... making the simple complicated.