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GitHub Actions runner providers, compared.
Price per vCPU-minute, billing unit, isolation, cache and agent tooling, from each provider's public pages accessed 2026-10-14. Each page says when the other provider is the better choice.
OpenRunners vs Blacksmith
Blacksmith runs GitHub Actions jobs on Firecracker microVMs on bare-metal hardware, with a free monthly allowance, broad OS coverage and a large observability feature set.
Read the comparisonOpenRunners vs Depot
Depot combines GitHub Actions runners with remote container builds, a build cache, a registry and its own CI engine, sold as monthly plans with included minutes.
Read the comparisonOpenRunners vs Namespace
Namespace runs CI on its own hardware with a unit-minute pricing model, deep debugging tools, macOS and Windows coverage and a hosted MCP server.
Read the comparisonOpenRunners vs WarpBuild
WarpBuild offers hosted GitHub Actions runners across Linux, Windows and macOS, a bring-your-own-cloud option, snapshots, remote Docker builders and a hosted MCP server.
Read the comparisonOpenRunners vs GitHub-hosted runners
GitHub-hosted runners are the default for GitHub Actions: no setup, native billing and the widest OS matrix, with included minutes on standard runners.
Read the comparisonNormalized prices
List price per vCPU-minute.
Linux x64 only, the one platform OpenRunners plans to offer. Windows, macOS, arm64 and GPU are available elsewhere.
| Provider | x64 $/vCPU-min | Billing unit | Example month | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRunners | $0.0020 (planned) | Per second, 10-second minimum (planned) | $400Planned rate; billing is disabled in the alpha | docs/product/pricing.md |
| Blacksmith | $0.0020 | Not stated on the pricing page | $400Before the free monthly allowance | blacksmith.sh/pricing |
| Depot | $0.0030 | Per minute, tracked per second, no minimum | $600Plus a $20 or $200 plan that includes minutes | depot.dev/pricing |
| Namespace | $0.0020 / $0.0030 at 4 GB per vCPU (prepaid / overage) | Per minute, 1-minute minimum | $400–$6004 vCPU / 16 GB shape, prepaid to overage | namespace.so/pricing |
| WarpBuild | $0.0020 | Per minute | $400List rate | warpbuild.com/pricing |
| GitHub-hosted runners | $0.0030 (2–4 cores), falling to $0.00253 at 64 cores | Per job, rounded up to the whole minute | $6004-core larger runner, before per-minute rounding | docs.github.com — Actions runner pricing |
| Ubicloud | $0.000625 standard / $0.0010 premium | Per minute | $125–$200 | ubicloud.com/docs/about/pricing |
List prices from each provider's public pricing page, accessed 2026-10-14. Example month: 50,000 job-minutes on 4 vCPU x64 (200,000 vCPU-minutes), before free tiers, credits, plan fees, and per-minute rounding. Prices change; check each source before deciding.
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