{ "slug": "blacksmith", "name": "Blacksmith", "domain": "blacksmith.sh", "category": "developer-infrastructure", "categoryName": "Developer infrastructure", "description": "GitHub Actions runners billed pay-as-you-go per minute, with optional Docker layer cache, sticky disks and static IPs.", "directAnswer": "Organization admins open Usage & Billing in the Blacksmith dashboard and email billing@blacksmith.sh to stop billing. Uninstall or suspend the GitHub integration to stop sending workflow data. Blacksmith does not publish a refund policy in its terms.", "price": "From $0.0025 / min", "priceMonthlyUsd": null, "planName": "Pay as you go", "subscriptionPlans": [ { "id": "pay-as-you-go", "name": "Pay as you go", "billingOptions": [], "priceNote": "Ubuntu x64 $0.004/min, Ubuntu ARM $0.0025/min, Windows x64 $0.008/min, macOS M4 $0.08/min, with 3,000 free minutes per month. Docker layer caching and sticky disks +$0.50/GB/month; static IPs +$100/IP/month. Monthly Stripe billing.", "sourceUrl": "https://blacksmith.sh/pricing" }, { "id": "enterprise", "name": "Enterprise", "billingOptions": [], "priceNote": "Custom pricing with 99.9% SLA, 24/7 priority support and white-glove onboarding on top of pay-as-you-go runners.", "sourceUrl": "https://blacksmith.sh/pricing" } ], "difficulty": "Hard", "difficultyScore": 9.1, "billingMethods": [ "web", "invoice" ], "accountTypes": [ "team", "enterprise" ], "cancellationUrl": "https://app.blacksmith.sh", "cancellationTime": "~5 minutes", "cancellationTimeSeconds": 300, "steps": { "web": [ { "title": "Open Usage & Billing as an org admin", "body": "Sign in at app.blacksmith.sh. Organization admins can access billing and payments. Blacksmith docs tell users to open the Usage & Billing page for a usage breakdown." }, { "title": "Email billing@blacksmith.sh to stop charges", "body": "Support terms send billing questions to billing@blacksmith.sh. The public terms do not document an in-app Cancel button; follow any billing prompts shown on Usage & Billing, then email if you need billing stopped." }, { "title": "Uninstall or suspend the GitHub integration", "body": "To restrict data flow from GitHub, uninstall or suspend the Blacksmith GitHub integration. Ask hello@blacksmith.sh to delete Customer Content; Blacksmith says it complies within 30 days." } ], "ios": [], "android": [], "team": [ { "title": "Only organization admins manage billing", "body": "Blacksmith inherits GitHub organization roles. Only organization admins can access billing and payments." }, { "title": "Invoice customers", "body": "The terms allow payment by credit card or by agreed invoice. Invoice-based agreements follow the invoicing terms in that agreement." } ] }, "platformNotes": { "web": { "note": "Use Usage & Billing for usage, then email billing@blacksmith.sh. Notices to Blacksmith go to hello@blacksmith.sh.", "warning": "Blacksmith does not publish an in-app Cancel button label. Stopping runners and uninstalling the GitHub App is the documented way to halt usage and data flow." }, "team": { "note": "GitHub organization admins own billing. Other members can view usage but cannot access payments." } }, "refundInfo": "The Terms of Service require payment of usage fees and do not publish a refund window or eligibility rule. Billing questions go to billing@blacksmith.sh. Enterprise Support service credits, where they apply, are the exclusive remedy for uptime failures and are not a general refund.", "pauseInfo": "No subscription pause option is documented. Spending Alerts email the primary organization address when a monthly threshold is exceeded; they do not pause runners.", "downgradeInfo": "Pay-as-you-go has no named lower paid plan. Stopping runner use and uninstalling or suspending the GitHub integration stops new usage. Pricing still lists 3,000 free minutes per month.", "dataRetentionInfo": "Upon termination or upon request, Blacksmith will delete relevant user data within 30 days. You may request deletion of Customer Content at any time; Blacksmith says it complies within 30 days of notice. Account data is retained while you are a customer.", "factRows": [ { "k": "Cancellation fee", "v": "None documented" }, { "k": "Refund window", "v": "None published" }, { "k": "Effective", "v": "When usage stops; not otherwise documented" }, { "k": "Free plan after", "v": "3,000 free min/mo if you keep using runners" } ], "faq": [ { "question": "How do I cancel Blacksmith?", "answer": "An organization admin opens Usage & Billing and emails billing@blacksmith.sh. Uninstall or suspend the GitHub integration to stop sending workflow data. No in-app Cancel button is documented." }, { "question": "When do charges stop?", "answer": "Fees follow usage. The terms do not state an end-of-period grace after you stop using runners. Uninstalling the GitHub integration restricts data flow." }, { "question": "Does Blacksmith refund unused time?", "answer": "The public terms do not publish a refund window. Direct billing questions to billing@blacksmith.sh." }, { "question": "Who can change billing?", "answer": "Only GitHub organization admins can access billing and payments in Blacksmith." }, { "question": "Does deleting data cancel billing?", "answer": "No. Data deletion is a request to hello@blacksmith.sh, completed within 30 days. Stopping billing is a separate request to billing@blacksmith.sh." } ], "officialSources": [ { "title": "Blacksmith pricing", "url": "https://blacksmith.sh/pricing", "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-23" }, { "title": "Blacksmith Terms of Service", "url": "https://docs.blacksmith.sh/about/terms-of-service", "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-23" }, { "title": "Blacksmith Privacy Policy", "url": "https://docs.blacksmith.sh/about/privacy-policy", "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-23" }, { "title": "Support Terms - Blacksmith", "url": "https://docs.blacksmith.sh/about/support-terms", "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-23" }, { "title": "Permissions - Blacksmith", "url": "https://docs.blacksmith.sh/blacksmith-administration/permissions", "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-23" }, { "title": "Settings - Blacksmith", "url": "https://docs.blacksmith.sh/introduction/settings", "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-23" }, { "title": "Docker builds - Blacksmith docs", "url": "https://docs.blacksmith.sh/blacksmith-caching/docker-builds", "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-23" } ], "verified": true, "manuallyVerifiedAt": "2026-08-23", "nextReviewAt": "2026-10-22", "urls": { "guide": "https://canicancelit.com/cancel/blacksmith", "json": "https://canicancelit.com/cancel/blacksmith.json", "markdown": "https://canicancelit.com/cancel/blacksmith.md" } }