We were burning £300/month on Bitbucket pipeline minutes before a single test suite was finished. So I built the alternative.

Short summary

A UK dev team burning £300/month on Bitbucket pipeline minutes for test iteration built SignalDeck CI—a self-hosted, open-source test runner for Cypress and Playwright. Tests run locally without cloud minute charges, stream real-time results, and generate branded client reports via secure links. The approach solves the data-privacy problem (keep credentials on-premises) while cutting costs for agencies managing multiple projects.

• •UK dev team solved £300/month Bitbucket pipeline cost problem with self-hosted test runner
• •SignalDeck CI: open-source, runs Cypress/Playwright locally, generates branded client reports
• •Key benefits: no cloud minute charges, real-time streaming, GDPR-compliant credential handling

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