Runloft next to the alternatives
Each page puts our price, billing and account support next to one other option, with prices taken from their public pricing pages, and says when they are the better fit.
Runloft vs GitHub-hosted runners
GitHub-hosted runners need no setup and are where most workflows start. Runloft keeps the same one-job-per-VM model at half the Linux price, and bills seconds instead of rounding every job up to a minute.
Runloft vs Blacksmith
Blacksmith is a fast, well-established runner provider for GitHub organizations. Runloft is cheaper per minute on every OS, and it also works on personal GitHub accounts.
Runloft vs Depot
Depot sells a suite of build products, including GitHub Actions runners, on monthly plans. Runloft does one thing, runners, with no plan and half Depot's per-minute overage price on Linux.
Runloft vs Ubicloud
Ubicloud is the cheapest Linux runner on list price, and we say so. Runloft costs a little more and covers Windows and macOS too, with every job in a fresh microVM, billed per second.
Runloft vs WarpBuild
WarpBuild sells fast runners on Linux, Windows and macOS to GitHub organizations, billed by the minute. Runloft is a quarter cheaper on 2 vCPU Linux, bills by the second, and installs on personal accounts too.
Runloft vs Namespace
Namespace bundles runners with remote Docker builds and devboxes, metered in unit minutes on monthly plans. Runloft prices a 2 vCPU, 8 GB Linux machine at half Namespace's pay-as-you-go rate for the same size, per second, with no plan.
Runloft vs RunsOn
RunsOn runs GitHub Actions runners inside your own AWS account: you pay AWS for the instances and RunsOn a yearly license. Runloft is fully managed, so there is no AWS account, stack or quota to look after.