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

Depot and GitHub Actions side by side for ci runners: 11 terms differ. Every value links to the provider's own page.

CI runners

Depot vs GitHub Actions: prices, plans and limits (Nov 2026): CI runners
Term	Depot	GitHub Actions
Lowest price	$0.006 /mindepot-ubuntu-24.04	$0.002 /minubuntu-slim
5-min job	$0.03Linux x64, 2 vCPU · rank 12 of 16	$0.03Linux x64, 2 vCPU · rank 13 of 16
Billed	Per secondmonthly plan with included usage	Per minutemetered: usage billed afterwards
Sizes	20 sizesLinux, Windows, macOS · 2–64 vCPU	36 sizesLinux, Windows, macOS · 1–96 vCPU
PaymentBilling	Monthly plan with included usage[1]	Metered: usage billed afterwards[2]
Plan minimumBilling	$20 a month[1]	None[2]
Billing incrementBilling	Per second[1]	Per minute (rounded up)[2]
Minimum chargeBilling	None[1]	60 s[2]
Per-job feeBilling	None[1]	None[2]
vCPULimits	Dedicated[3]	unknown[4]
Concurrent jobsLimits	Unlimited[3]	20[4]
Max job lengthLimits	unknown[3]	6 h[4]
Setup billedSetup	No[3]	No[4]
Billed setup per jobSetup	0 s[3]	0 s[4]
CI systemsPlatform	GitHub Actions[1]	GitHub Actions[5]
HostingPlatform	Managed[1]	Managed[5]
RegionsPlatform	us-east-1, eu-central-1[1]	unknown[5]
Minutes a monthFree allowance	None[1]	None[6]
Credit a monthFree allowance	None[1]	$12[6]
One-time creditFree allowance	None[1]	None[6]
IncludedCache	25 GB[3]	10 GB[6]
Extra storageCache	$0.2 per GB-month[3]	$0.07 per GB-month[6]
Docker layer cacheCache	No[3]	No[6]
Persistent disksCache	No[3]	No[6]
SSH debuggingFeatures	No[7]	No[8]
Static IPsFeatures	Yes[7]	Yes[8]
GPU runnersFeatures	Yes[7]	Yes[8]
SOC 2Features	Yes[7]	Yes[8]

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[9]	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[9]	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[9]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

GitHub Actions: plans and limits
Plan	Fee	At once	Included	Max job	Largest	Includes
Free	Free[10]	20	$12	–	–	$12 of Actions compute a month (pricing page: 2,000 CI/CD minutes), 500 MB artifact storage, 20 concurrent jobs on standard runners
Pro	$4 /month[11]	40	$18	–	–	Personal accounts: $18 of Actions compute a month, 1 GB artifact storage, 40 concurrent jobs on standard runners
Team	$4 per user /month[10]	60	$18	–	–	$18 of Actions compute a month (pricing page: 3,000 CI/CD minutes), 2 GB artifact storage, 60 concurrent jobs on standard runners, larger runners (1,000 concurrent jobs)
Enterprise	$21 per user /month[10]	500	$300	–	–	Enterprise Cloud: $300 of Actions compute a month (pricing page: 50,000 CI/CD minutes), 50 GB artifact storage, 500 concurrent jobs on standard runners, larger runners, static IPs for larger runners