nodejs/node

RunsOn 16 CPU

$0.15 22.08min

GitHub 16 CPU

$2.00 31.20min

gohugoio/hugo

RunsOn 16 CPU

$0.07 10.35min

GitHub 16 CPU

$0.72 11.18min

Easy to setup. 85% cheaper than GitHub Actions.

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Maxime Laurenty, Head of Infrastructure at Spinergie

Our main repository saw an average decrease in CI runtime of 35%. Another repository could fully utilize 16 threads, which dropped its runtime by 75%.

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Timo Schäfer, Software Engineer at Wikando

Change a label, done

- runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+ runs-on:
+  - runs-on
+  - runner=2cpu-linux-x64
+  - run-id=${{ github.run_id }}

Linux Learn how to set up and use Linux runners for your GitHub Actions workflows.

Windows Learn how to set up and use Windows runners for your GitHub Actions workflows.

GPU Learn how to launch 10x cheaper NVIDIA or AMD GPU runners with GitHub Actions and RunsOn.

Self-hosted GitHub Actions runners made simple

Forget manually maintained self-hosted runners that limit concurrency, or spending hours to setup and maintain Action Runner Controller (ARC) on your Kubernetes cluster. Simplicity, performance, and low-maintenance are the design goals of RunsOn.

10x cheaper, up to 30% faster

Latest generation of AWS instances, fast volumes, and 10+ Gbps network. Your builds will be faster.

Look at the pricing calculator to see how much you can save compared to GitHub runners. And we regularly benchmark RunsOn against other third-party and official runners.

Unlimited concurrency

RunsOn can handle hundreds of concurrent jobs at once. More than 100k jobs executed every day across all clients.

One-line change

1-1 workflow compatibility with official GitHub runners. RunsOn is the maintainer of the AWS images for GitHub Actions, for both x64 and ARM64.

Get the runners your team deserves

Forget statically assigned runner types. Specify RAM, CPU, GPU, DISK size, at runtime. Make your runners fit your workflow needs, not the other way around.

The most advanced feature set of any provider

Fully ephemeral real VMs, faster and unlimited caches, Docker layer caching, Linux & Windows runners, GPU support, custom images, SSH access, static IPs, unlimited concurrency, spot instances, and more.

All self-hosted in your AWS infrastructure, with no third-party, for unparalleled security.

”You should charge way more for this”

This is the most common feedback from users. No middleman, and a single flat license fee (free for non-commercial use) irrespective of minutes used. You only pay for your EC2 usage.

Some users report more than $30k in savings, EVERY MONTH.

Learn more about pricing.

Up and running in 10 minutes

RunsOn is available in 10 AWS regions. Follow the installation guide to setup the CloudFormation stack and your private GitHub App in 10 minutes, or watch the demo below to see how it works:

Join companies that get faster CI, at lower cost

RunsOn is used by companies of all sizes, from startups to large enterprises. Millions of runners have been run with RunsOn since its inception in January 2024.

I've been testing Kubernetes with ARC: more complex, each runner takes ~25 seconds to boot (on an existing node), far less attractive than the simplicity of RunsOn.

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Tim Petricola, Software Engineer at Alan

Less than 10 min to test, install and use the product. You can finetune any workflow (CPU, RAM, machine type/size..) depending on your needs. The cache download speed is blazing fast thanks to amazon s3 endpoint. Pricing is transparent, pay only what you use with no overage.

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Christopher Brookes, SRE at Choose

With RunsOn, we have increased CI/CD performance and reliability at a fraction of the cost of official or private hosted runners – it's a no-brainer for any DevOps team using GitHub actions at scale.

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Oliver Günther, DevOps Team at OpenProject

We've just started using self hosted runners, and we were looking into possible solutions, including running them in Kubernetes, but then we found RunsOn: it's definitely what we needed! The fact that instances are compatible with the github hosted runners made the transition very smooth.

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Michele Sorcinelli, Site Reliability Engineer at Citizens Advice UK

Learn more

Features A recap of some of the best features and use cases for RunsOn.

Architecture Simple, performant, low-maintenance: learn about the architecture of RunsOn.

Pricing 10x cheaper, 30% faster CI/CD for GitHub Actions. ROI measured in days.

Testimonials Feedback from customers using RunsOn.

Security No third-party, fully ephemeral runners, in your own infrastructure. Take self-hosted runner security seriously.

Changelog Keep up with the latest features and improvements for RunsOn.

About The story behind yet another (but battle-tested!) self-hosted GitHub Actions runner.

Low maintenance

RunsOn comes as a CloudFormation stack that you install in your own AWS account (10 regions supported). Usual cost is between $1.5 and $5/month. One-click install, one-click upgrades.

The server receives workflow events from GitHub Action, and launches ephemeral EC2 instances to fulfill the workflow job requirements (see architecture).

No need to manage a Kubernetes cluster with Action Runner Controller (ARC), or deploy complicated, half-maintained stacks.

Observable

RunsOn automatically publishes metrics for consumed minutes across repository, workflows, runner types, and result (success, failure).

Can be used to monitor the most expensive workflows, detect anomalies, and gain insights into failure rates of your workflows.

Scalable

If you are concerned about scalability, some users are running many thousands of jobs EVERY HOUR, without any issues:

10x cheaper, for 10 minutes of work

You can always switch back to official runners at any time.

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