GitHub Actions

Name: GitHub Actions
Brand: GitHub (Microsoft)

GitHub's own hosted runners for GitHub Actions, billed per minute against a monthly dollar allowance included in each plan.

Operated by GitHub (Microsoft) github.com/features/actions Status: active[1] Checked 31 Oct 2026

CI runners

GitHub-hosted runners (standard and larger)

Compare CI runners

Lowest price: $0.002 /min; ubuntu-slim
5-min job: $0.03; Linux x64, 2 vCPU · rank 12 of 15
Billed: Per minute; metered: usage billed afterwards
Sizes: 36 sizes; Linux, Windows, macOS · 1–96 vCPU

Plans

GitHub-hosted runners (standard and larger): plans
Plan	Price	Includes
Free	Free[6]	$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[7]	Personal accounts: $18 of Actions compute a month, 1 GB artifact storage, 40 concurrent jobs on standard runners
Team	$4 per user /month[6]	$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[6]	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

Prices

GitHub-hosted runners (standard and larger): runner sizes and prices
Size	OS	Arch	vCPU	RAM	Disk	CPU	Price	Per minute
ubuntu-slimLinux x64	Linux	x64	1	5 GB	14 GB	unknown	$0.002 /min[1]	$0.002
ubuntu-latestLinux x64	Linux	x64	2	8 GB	14 GB	unknown	$0.006 /min[1]	$0.006
ubuntu-24.04-armLinux arm64	Linux	arm64	2	8 GB	14 GB	unknown	$0.005 /min[1]	$0.005
windows-latestWindows x64	Windows	x64	2	8 GB	14 GB	unknown	$0.01 /min[1]	$0.01
windows-11-armWindows arm64	Windows	arm64	2	8 GB	14 GB	unknown	$0.01 /min[1]	$0.01
macos-latestmacOS arm64	macOS	arm64	3	7 GB	14 GB	Apple M1	$0.062 /min[1]	$0.062
macos-15-intelmacOS x64	macOS	x64	4	14 GB	14 GB	Intel	$0.062 /min[1]	$0.062
linux_2_core_advanced (larger runner) Team planLinux x64	Linux	x64	2	8 GB	75 GB	unknown	$0.006 /min[1]	$0.006
linux_4_core (larger runner) Team planLinux x64	Linux	x64	4	16 GB	150 GB	unknown	$0.012 /min[1]	$0.012
linux_8_core (larger runner) Team planLinux x64	Linux	x64	8	32 GB	300 GB	unknown	$0.022 /min[1]	$0.022
linux_16_core (larger runner) Team planLinux x64	Linux	x64	16	64 GB	600 GB	unknown	$0.042 /min[1]	$0.042
linux_32_core (larger runner) Team planLinux x64	Linux	x64	32	128 GB	1200 GB	unknown	$0.082 /min[1]	$0.082
linux_64_core (larger runner) Team planLinux x64	Linux	x64	64	256 GB	2040 GB	unknown	$0.162 /min[1]	$0.162
linux_96_core (larger runner) Team planLinux x64	Linux	x64	96	384 GB	2040 GB	unknown	$0.252 /min[1]	$0.252
windows_4_core (larger runner) Team planWindows x64	Windows	x64	4	16 GB	150 GB	unknown	$0.022 /min[1]	$0.022
windows_8_core (larger runner) Team planWindows x64	Windows	x64	8	32 GB	300 GB	unknown	$0.042 /min[1]	$0.042
windows_16_core (larger runner) Team planWindows x64	Windows	x64	16	64 GB	600 GB	unknown	$0.082 /min[1]	$0.082
windows_32_core (larger runner) Team planWindows x64	Windows	x64	32	128 GB	1200 GB	unknown	$0.162 /min[1]	$0.162
windows_64_core (larger runner) Team planWindows x64	Windows	x64	64	256 GB	2040 GB	unknown	$0.322 /min[1]	$0.322
windows_96_core (larger runner) Team planWindows x64	Windows	x64	96	384 GB	2040 GB	unknown	$0.552 /min[1]	$0.552
macos-latest-large Team planmacOS x64	macOS	x64	12	30 GB	14 GB	Intel	$0.077 /min[1]	$0.077
linux_2_core_arm (larger runner) Team planLinux arm64	Linux	arm64	2	8 GB	75 GB	unknown	$0.005 /min[1]	$0.005
linux_4_core_arm (larger runner) Team planLinux arm64	Linux	arm64	4	16 GB	150 GB	unknown	$0.008 /min[1]	$0.008
linux_8_core_arm (larger runner) Team planLinux arm64	Linux	arm64	8	32 GB	300 GB	unknown	$0.014 /min[1]	$0.014
linux_16_core_arm (larger runner) Team planLinux arm64	Linux	arm64	16	64 GB	600 GB	unknown	$0.026 /min[1]	$0.026
linux_32_core_arm (larger runner) Team planLinux arm64	Linux	arm64	32	128 GB	1200 GB	unknown	$0.05 /min[1]	$0.05
linux_64_core_arm (larger runner) Team planLinux arm64	Linux	arm64	64	208 GB	2040 GB	unknown	$0.098 /min[1]	$0.098
windows_2_core_arm (larger runner) Team planWindows arm64	Windows	arm64	2	unknown	unknown	unknown	$0.008 /min[1]	$0.008
windows_4_core_arm (larger runner) Team planWindows arm64	Windows	arm64	4	16 GB	150 GB	unknown	$0.014 /min[1]	$0.014
windows_8_core_arm (larger runner) Team planWindows arm64	Windows	arm64	8	32 GB	300 GB	unknown	$0.026 /min[1]	$0.026
windows_16_core_arm (larger runner) Team planWindows arm64	Windows	arm64	16	64 GB	600 GB	unknown	$0.05 /min[1]	$0.05
windows_32_core_arm (larger runner) Team planWindows arm64	Windows	arm64	32	128 GB	1200 GB	unknown	$0.098 /min[1]	$0.098
windows_64_core_arm (larger runner) Team planWindows arm64	Windows	arm64	64	208 GB	2040 GB	unknown	$0.194 /min[1]	$0.194
macos-latest-xlarge Team planmacOS arm64	macOS	arm64	5	14 GB	14 GB	Apple M2 Pro	$0.102 /min[1]	$0.102
linux_4_core_gpu (larger runner) Team plan NVIDIA Tesla T4 (16 GB VRAM)Linux x64	Linux	x64	4	28 GB	176 GB	unknown	$0.052 /min[1]	$0.052
windows_4_core_gpu (larger runner) Team plan NVIDIA Tesla T4 (16 GB VRAM)Windows x64	Windows	x64	4	28 GB	176 GB	unknown	$0.102 /min[1]	$0.102

Each plan includes a monthly dollar allowance for compute: Free $12, Pro and Team $18, Enterprise Cloud $300. GitHub's pricing page describes these as 2,000, 3,000 and 50,000 minutes (standard Linux runner equivalent).
Standard runners are free in public repositories; larger runners are not.
Larger runners need a Team or Enterprise Cloud plan and a payment method on file; static IPs on larger runners need Enterprise Cloud and are not available on macOS.
Concurrent jobs on standard runners by plan are Free 20, Pro 40, Team 60, Enterprise 500 (macOS 5, Enterprise 50); larger runners 1,000 with up to 100 GPU jobs.
The ubuntu-slim 1-vCPU runner is a container on a shared VM with a 15-minute job limit.
Custom images (larger runners only) are stored at $0.07 per GB/month above the plan allowance; artifact and Packages storage is $0.25 per GB/month above the allowance.
The macOS 3-vCPU (M1) and 4-vCPU (Intel) standard runners share one billing SKU (actions_macos).

Terms

Billing

Payment: Metered: usage billed afterwards[1]
Plan minimum: None[1]
Billing increment: Per minute (rounded up)[1]
Minimum charge: 60 s[1]
Per-job fee: None[1]

Limits

vCPU: unknown[2]GitHub's runner and billing docs do not say whether runner vCPUs are dedicated or shared
Concurrent jobs: 20[2]
Max job length: 6 h[2]

Setup

Setup billed: No[2]
Billed setup per job: 0 s[2]

Platform

CI systems: GitHub Actions[3]
Hosting: Managed[3]
Regions: unknown[3]GitHub does not list runner regions; Linux and Windows run on Azure (eligible Linux jobs also on AWS), macOS in Azure data centers

Free allowance

Minutes a month: None[4]
Credit a month: $12[4]
One-time credit: None[4]

Cache

Included: 10 GB[4]
Extra storage: $0.07 per GB-month[4]
Docker layer cache: No[4]
Persistent disks: No[4]

Features

SSH debugging: No[5]
Static IPs: Yes[5]
GPU runners: Yes[5]
SOC 2: Yes[5]

Sources

1 docs.github.com/en/billing/reference/actions-runner-pricing · 31 Oct 2026
2 docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/limits · 31 Oct 2026
3 docs.github.com/en/actions/concepts/runners/github-hosted-runners · 31 Oct 2026
4 docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-actions · 31 Oct 2026
5 docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/organizations/keeping-your-organization-secure/managing-security-settings-for-your-organization/accessing-compliance-reports-for-your-organization · 31 Oct 2026
6 github.com/pricing · 31 Oct 2026
7 docs.github.com/en/get-started/learning-about-github/faq-about-changes-to-githubs-plans · 31 Oct 2026

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