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Blacksmith vs Depot: prices, plans and limits (Nov 2026)

Blacksmith and Depot side by side for ci runners: 14 terms differ. Every value links to the provider's own page.

CI runners

Blacksmith vs Depot: prices, plans and limits (Nov 2026): CI runners
Term	Blacksmith	Depot
Lowest price	$0.0025 /minblacksmith-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404-arm	$0.006 /mindepot-ubuntu-24.04
5-min job	≥ $0.02Linux x64, 2 vCPU · rank 8 of 16	$0.03Linux x64, 2 vCPU · rank 12 of 16
Billed	unknownmetered: usage billed afterwards	Per secondmonthly plan with included usage
Sizes	17 sizesLinux, Windows, macOS · 2–32 vCPU	20 sizesLinux, Windows, macOS · 2–64 vCPU
PaymentBilling	Metered: usage billed afterwards[1]	Monthly plan with included usage[2]
Plan minimumBilling	None[1]	$20 a month[2]
Billing incrementBilling	unknown[1]	Per second[2]
Minimum chargeBilling	unknown[1]	None[2]
Per-job feeBilling	None[1]	None[2]
vCPULimits	unknown[3]	Dedicated[4]
Concurrent jobsLimits	Unlimited[3]	Unlimited[4]
Max job lengthLimits	unknown[3]	unknown[4]
Setup billedSetup	unknown[3]	No[4]
Billed setup per jobSetup	unknown[3]	0 s[4]
CI systemsPlatform	GitHub Actions[5]	GitHub Actions[2]
HostingPlatform	Managed[5]	Managed[2]
RegionsPlatform	us-east, us-west, eu-west, eu-central[5]	us-east-1, eu-central-1[2]
Minutes a monthFree allowance	3,000[5]	None[2]
Credit a monthFree allowance	None[5]	None[2]
One-time creditFree allowance	None[5]	None[2]
IncludedCache	25 GB[1]	25 GB[4]
Extra storageCache	$0.5 per GB-month[1]	$0.2 per GB-month[4]
Docker layer cacheCache	Yes[1]	No[4]
Persistent disksCache	Yes[1]	No[4]
SSH debuggingFeatures	Yes[6]	No[7]
Static IPsFeatures	Yes[6]	Yes[7]
GPU runnersFeatures	No[6]	Yes[7]
SOC 2Features	Yes[6]	Yes[7]

Terms that are the same for both are greyed. Unknown = not published; hover for where we looked. Method

Depot: plans and limits

Depot: plans and limits
Plan	Fee	At once	Included	Max job	Largest	Includes
Developer	$20 /month[8]	Unlimited	2,000 min	–	64 vCPU	1 user, 2,000 GitHub Actions minutes, 500 container build minutes, 25 GB storage, unlimited concurrency
Startup	$200 /month[8]	Unlimited	20,000 min	–	64 vCPU	Unlimited users, 20,000 GitHub Actions minutes, 5,000 container build minutes, 250 GB storage, unlimited concurrency
Business	unknown[8]Custom pricing on the pricing page	Unlimited	?	–	64 vCPU	Custom usage pricing, GPU-enabled runners, static IPs, custom regions, deploy in your own AWS account, SSO