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title: "Compare GitHub Actions Runner Providers - 9apes"
description: "Side-by-side comparisons of 9apes against GitHub-hosted runners, WarpBuild, Blacksmith, Depot, and RunsOn: per-minute rates, free minutes, platform coverage, and job isolation."
url: https://9apes.com/compare/
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# Compare GitHub Actions Runner Providers - 9apes

Published per-minute rates and platform coverage against the providers teams evaluate most often. Every rival figure is transcribed from that provider's own pricing page, with the date it was checked.

## Comparisons

- [9apes vs GitHub-hosted runners](https://9apes.com/compare/github-hosted-runners/) — Per-minute rates, free minutes, and job isolation compared between 9apes runners and GitHub-hosted runners for GitHub Actions. Migrate by changing one runs-on line. Prices checked 2026-08-25.

- [9apes vs WarpBuild](https://9apes.com/compare/warpbuild/) — Per-minute rates, free minutes, and platform coverage compared between 9apes and WarpBuild runners for GitHub Actions. Prices checked 2026-08-25.

- [9apes vs Blacksmith](https://9apes.com/compare/blacksmith/) — Per-minute rates, free minutes, and platform coverage compared between 9apes and Blacksmith runners for GitHub Actions. Prices checked 2026-08-25.

- [9apes vs Depot](https://9apes.com/compare/depot/) — Per-minute rates, plan fees, and runner sizes compared between 9apes and Depot GitHub Actions runners. Prices checked 2026-08-25.

- [9apes vs RunsOn](https://9apes.com/compare/runs-on/) — A managed per-minute runner service compared against RunsOn, which runs in your own AWS account under an annual licence. Costs, operational burden, and isolation. Prices checked 2026-08-25.

## How these are written

Rival prices are transcribed from each provider's own published pricing page and stamped with the date they were read. Every comparison names the cases where the other product is the better choice. 9apes publishes Linux x86_64 runners only, and several of these providers cover more platforms.