GitHub repository

Storage 6.5/10

Markdown, JSON configs, snapshots, and artifacts owned by technical users.

Card required: No

GitHub repository scores 6.5/10 for free value in Storage. The main constraint: Public/private repos available; storage and Actions limits depend on account.

Category Storage Kind Versioned file storage Caveats Not for secrets unless using GitHub Secrets in Actions. Renewal monthly Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

6.5 / 10

Show the math

Overall 6.5/10

value = 6.5/100

weighted_components_v1

Storage value 5.1/10

value = 1.13 $/mo

fixed_log_v1

Egress/API fit 7.5/10

value = 7.5/100

policy_score_v1

Access friction 8.3/10

value = 8.3/100

policy_score_v1

Key metrics

10 GB Storage Git LFS

10 GB/mo Free egress Git LFS bandwidth

n/a Write ops no per-op pricing

n/a Read ops no per-op pricing

What you get

Public/private repos available; storage and Actions limits depend on account.

Versioned exports and technical transparency.

Gotchas

2,000 Actions minutes/month

Free tier includes 2,000 GitHub Actions CI/CD minutes per month; minutes are free for public repositories but count against the quota for private ones.
500 MB Packages storage

GitHub Packages storage is capped at 500 MB on the free tier; packages in public repositories are free and do not count against this limit.
Advanced collaboration features public-only

Code owners, draft pull requests, multiple PR assignees, repository insights, environment deployment branches/secrets, Pages, Wikis, and scheduled reminders are available only for public repositories on the free plan.
No advanced security scanning

Secret scanning, push protection, CodeQL code scanning, and Copilot Autofix are available only for public repositories on the free tier; private repo security scanning requires a paid plan.
Community support only

The free tier provides only community forum support; web/ticket and premium support are restricted to paid plans.
Codespaces spend limit $0

GitHub Codespaces on the free tier has a $0 spend limit with policies and controls, meaning cloud dev environments require upgrading or manually raising the spend limit.
No SAML SSO or LDAP

Enterprise identity features like SAML SSO and LDAP are not available on the free tier.
No audit log API

The audit log API for programmatic compliance access is restricted to paid plans; basic UI audit log is available on free.

Sources

"$ 0 USD per month forever ... Unlimited public/private repositories ... 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month ... 500MB of Packages storage"
https://github.com/pricing
"The primary rate limit for unauthenticated requests is 60 requests per hour. ... All of these requests count towards your personal rate limit of 5,000 requests per hour."
https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api
"GitHub is raising the free, included amount of Git LFS resources to 10 GB storage and bandwidth for Free and Pro accounts"
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/61362
"180M+ Developers 4M+ Organizations 420M+ Repositories 90% Fortune 100"
https://github.com/about

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