CI Bench

Alternatives · Result set v1 · Measured Oct 7–11, 2026

RunsOn alternatives for GitHub Actions runners

8 other configurations measured on the same 12 workloads as RunsOn: speed and cost per job relative to RunsOn, ordered by speed.

Compared with RunsOn

Alternatives to RunsOn: speed and cost per job relative to RunsOn
ConfigurationTypeSpeed vs RunsOnCost per job vs RunsOn (10,000 jobs a month)Detail
Vitko Runners (warm starts + test splitting)VitkoManaged1.9x faster37% lowerhead to head
Vitko RunnersVitkoManaged1.4x faster37% lowerhead to head
GitHub-hosted larger runner (4 vCPU)Managed1.3x faster455% higherhead to head
BlacksmithManaged1.3x faster93% higherhead to head
Self-hosted runners on Google CloudSelf-hosted1.2x faster64% higherhead to head
Self-hosted runners on AWS (one VM per job)Self-hostedabout the same58% higherhead to head
UbicloudManaged1.1x slower31% lowerhead to head
GitHub-hosted runners (ubuntu-latest, 2 vCPU)Managed1.2x slower301% higherhead to head

Ratios come from the time and cost indexes in results.json (geometric mean over 12 workloads, each against GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest)), divided by RunsOn's. List prices dated 2026-10-05; List price per minute is not cost per job; faster runners finish sooner. Method: how the runs were made.

Providers not measured

Their list prices, with sources, are on the list-prices page (read 2026-10-24).

Maintained by Vitko, Inc., which sells one of the products measured. Page generated October 27, 2026.