{
  "title": "Cheapest GitHub Actions runners: GitHub and Sengi Linux runner prices",
  "page": "https://sengi.run/blog/cheapest-github-actions-runners",
  "publisher": "Sengi",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-27",
  "refreshed": "monthly",
  "scope": "Linux x64, USD, list prices",
  "sources": {
    "github": "GitHub's Actions runner pricing reference, read 2026-10-27",
    "sengi": "Sengi's published pricing, read 2026-10-27"
  },
  "price_per_minute": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "unit": "USD/min",
    "per_vcpu_hour_formula": "usd_per_minute * 60 / vcpu",
    "rows": [
      {"size": "2 vCPU, 8 GB", "vcpu": 2, "memory_gb": 8, "github_label": "ubuntu-latest", "sengi_label": "sengi-standard-2-ubuntu-2404", "github": 0.006, "sengi": 0.003, "github_per_vcpu_hour": 0.18, "sengi_per_vcpu_hour": 0.09, "sengi_saving": 0.5},
      {"size": "4 vCPU, 16 GB", "vcpu": 4, "memory_gb": 16, "github_label": "larger runner", "sengi_label": "sengi-standard-4-ubuntu-2404", "github": 0.012, "sengi": 0.006, "github_per_vcpu_hour": 0.18, "sengi_per_vcpu_hour": 0.09, "sengi_saving": 0.5},
      {"size": "8 vCPU, 32 GB", "vcpu": 8, "memory_gb": 32, "github_label": "larger runner", "sengi_label": "sengi-standard-8-ubuntu-2404", "github": 0.022, "sengi": 0.012, "github_per_vcpu_hour": 0.165, "sengi_per_vcpu_hour": 0.09, "sengi_saving": 0.45}
    ]
  },
  "monthly_cost_at_2_vcpu": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "formula": "job_minutes * usd_per_minute, before included minutes",
    "rows": [
      {"job_minutes": 10000, "github": 60, "sengi": 30, "sengi_partner_rate": 18},
      {"job_minutes": 50000, "github": 300, "sengi": 150, "sengi_partner_rate": 90},
      {"job_minutes": 100000, "github": 600, "sengi": 300, "sengi_partner_rate": 180}
    ]
  },
  "included_minutes_per_month": {
    "github": {"range": [2000, 50000], "applies_to": "standard runners on private repositories, by plan; never larger runners"},
    "sengi": {"2 vCPU": 3000, "4 vCPU": 1500, "8 vCPU": 750}
  },
  "github_other_runners": {
    "ubuntu_slim": {"usd_per_minute": 0.002, "vcpu": 1, "memory_gb": 5, "usd_per_vcpu_hour": 0.12, "limits": "no Docker, 15-minute job limit"},
    "larger_runners": {"vcpu": [4, 96], "usd_per_minute": [0.012, 0.252], "billing": "from the first minute, no included minutes, Team and Enterprise Cloud plans"},
    "self_hosted": {"usd_per_minute": 0, "note": "you pay for and operate the machines; a $0.002/min platform charge announced 2025-12-16 was postponed before it took effect"}
  },
  "partner_rate": {
    "usd_per_minute_2_vcpu": 0.0018,
    "usd_per_vcpu_hour": 0.054,
    "saving_vs_github_2_vcpu": 0.7,
    "for": "teams running CI at high volume",
    "contact": "mailto:ops@sengi.run?subject=Sengi%20partner%20rate"
  },
  "switch": {"from": "runs-on: ubuntu-latest", "to": "runs-on: sengi-standard-2-ubuntu-2404"},
  "migrate_with_an_agent": "https://sengi.run/agent"
}