# Cirrus Runners

Hosted GitHub Actions runners from Cirrus Labs at a flat monthly price per concurrent runner, closed to new customers since Cirrus Labs announced it is joining OpenAI in April 2026.

- Operated by: Cirrus Labs
- Status: No new customers since 7 Apr 2026 [1]
- Website: https://cirrus-runners.app
- Categories: CI runners
- Checked: 31 Oct 2026

## Cirrus Runners for GitHub Actions (CI runners)

- Lowest price: unknown (no published price)
- 5-min job: not ranked (Linux x64, 2 vCPU · legacy tier)
- Billed: unknown (monthly plan with included usage)
- Sizes: 11 sizes (macOS, Linux · 2–32 vCPU)

What to know:

- $150/mo plan: This price only applies on a plan of at least $150 a month.

### Plans

- Cirrus Runner: $150 per runner /month; One concurrent runner, no limit on minutes, 10 GB cache storage; 15% off for 12 months, 50% off for nonprofits [2]

### Billing

- Payment: Monthly plan with included usage [2]
- Plan minimum: $150 a month [2]
- Billing increment: unknown (Not metered: a flat monthly price per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes) [2]
- Minimum charge: unknown (Not metered: a flat monthly price per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes) [2]
- Per-job fee: None [2]

### Limits

- vCPU: Dedicated [3]
- Concurrent jobs: unknown (Equals the number of runners subscribed ($150 a month each); smaller Linux classes use a fraction of one runner) [3]
- Max job length: unknown (Not on the pricing, setup or blog pages) [3]

### Setup

- Setup billed: No [3]
- Billed setup per job: 0 s [3]

### Platform

- CI systems: GitHub Actions [4]
- Hosting: Managed [4]
- Regions: unknown (Not on the pricing, setup or blog pages) [4]

### Free allowance

- Minutes a month: None [4]
- Credit a month: None [4]
- One-time credit: None [4]

### Cache

- Included: 10 GB [4]
- Extra storage: unknown (No paid cache storage is offered; above the included space the oldest files are deleted) [4]
- Docker layer cache: Yes [4]
- Persistent disks: No [4]

### Features

- SSH debugging: unknown (Not on the pricing, setup or blog pages) [5]
- Static IPs: unknown (Only a customer testimonial on the home page mentions fixed IP addresses; not in the setup docs) [5]
- GPU runners: Yes [5]
- SOC 2: Yes [5]

### Prices

| Size | OS | Arch | vCPU | RAM | Disk | CPU | Plan | Price | Per minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ghcr.io/cirruslabs/macos-runner:tahoe (lg, default) (legacy) | macOS | arm64 | 4 | 16 GB | 130 GB | Apple M4 Pro | any | unknown (Flat $150 a month per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes; this class uses 1 runner. No per-minute price published) [2] | – |
| ghcr.io/cirruslabs/macos-runner:tahoe-xl (legacy) | macOS | arm64 | 8 | 32 GB | 130 GB | Apple M4 Pro | any | unknown (Flat $150 a month per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes; this class uses 2 runners. No per-minute price published) [4] | – |
| ghcr.io/cirruslabs/ubuntu-runner-amd64:24.04-xs (legacy) | Linux | x64 | 2 | 6 GB | 50 GB | unknown | any | unknown (Flat $150 a month per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes; this class uses 0.125 of a runner. No per-minute price published) [4] | – |
| ghcr.io/cirruslabs/ubuntu-runner-amd64:24.04-sm (legacy) | Linux | x64 | 4 | 12 GB | 50 GB | unknown | any | unknown (Flat $150 a month per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes; this class uses 0.25 of a runner. No per-minute price published) [4] | – |
| ghcr.io/cirruslabs/ubuntu-runner-amd64:24.04-md (legacy) | Linux | x64 | 8 | 24 GB | 100 GB | unknown | any | unknown (Flat $150 a month per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes; this class uses 0.5 of a runner. No per-minute price published) [4] | – |
| ghcr.io/cirruslabs/ubuntu-runner-amd64:24.04 (lg, default) (legacy) | Linux | x64 | 16 | 48 GB | 200 GB | unknown | any | unknown (Flat $150 a month per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes; this class uses 1 runner. No per-minute price published) [2] | – |
| ghcr.io/cirruslabs/ubuntu-runner-amd64:24.04-xl (legacy) | Linux | x64 | 32 | 96 GB | 400 GB | unknown | any | unknown (Flat $150 a month per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes; this class uses 2 runners. No per-minute price published) [4] | – |
| ghcr.io/cirruslabs/ubuntu-runner-arm64:24.04-sm (legacy) | Linux | arm64 | 2 | 6 GB | 50 GB | Apple Silicon | any | unknown (Flat $150 a month per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes; this class uses 0.25 of a runner. No per-minute price published) [4] | – |
| ghcr.io/cirruslabs/ubuntu-runner-arm64:24.04-md (legacy) | Linux | arm64 | 4 | 12 GB | 50 GB | Apple Silicon | any | unknown (Flat $150 a month per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes; this class uses 0.5 of a runner. No per-minute price published) [4] | – |
| ghcr.io/cirruslabs/ubuntu-runner-arm64:24.04 (lg, default) (legacy) | Linux | arm64 | 8 | 24 GB | 100 GB | Apple Silicon | any | unknown (Flat $150 a month per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes; this class uses 1 runner. No per-minute price published) [2] | – |
| ghcr.io/cirruslabs/ubuntu-runner-amd64-gpu:24.04 (xl, default) (legacy) (Nvidia RTX 4000) | Linux | x64 | 16 | 48 GB | 100 GB | unknown | any | unknown (Flat $150 a month per concurrent runner with unlimited minutes; this class uses 2 runners. No per-minute price published) [4] | – |

- Cirrus Labs announced on 7 April 2026 that it is joining OpenAI. Cirrus Runners takes no new customers and is supported for existing customers through their contract periods; no end date is published.
- Last list price, kept for reference; each runner costs $150 a month with unlimited minutes. No per-minute price is published.
- Resource classes use a share of one runner; Linux extra small 0.125, small 0.25, medium 0.5, large 1, extra large 2; macOS large 1, extra large 2; Linux GPU 2.
- Discounts were 15% for a 12-month commitment or 50% for nonprofits. Priority support was included from 20 runners.
- Each runner included 10 GB of cache storage (files deleted after 100 days); Omni Cache also served Docker layer caching.

## Sources

[1] https://cirruslabs.org/ (checked 31 Oct 2026)
[2] https://cirrus-runners.app/pricing/ (checked 31 Oct 2026)
[3] https://cirrus-runners.app/blog/2025/09/03/from-mac-only-to-linux-powerhouse-journey-to-1-ci-performance/ (checked 31 Oct 2026)
[4] https://cirrus-runners.app/setup/ (checked 31 Oct 2026)
[5] https://cirrus-runners.app/ (checked 31 Oct 2026)