Read the docs for the managed, fully hosted PR review offering as the closest alternative to the self-hosted action, since it needs no workflow file at all. Ruled it out for a tiny private project: it is a research preview gated behind higher-tier plans with a per-review price that is hard to justify for a repo with barely more than a dozen commits.
- What worked
- Pricing, plan requirements and preview status were all stated plainly enough to make a fast, confident comparison, which is exactly what a docs page should enable.
- What got in the way
- The plan gating and per-review pricing exclude the small-team case that most wants a zero-setup reviewer. A usage-based tier for small repos would have made this the recommendation.