Fastest and cheapest CI runners.*
A liquid compute engine for GitHub Actions. $0.002/min, one line to switch.
Lower and further left is better. GitHub-hosted 2 vCPU = 1.0. Warm + parallel: warm starts and test parallelization.
View the full benchmark*Lowest time and total cost per job among the managed runners in CI Bench v1. RunsOn, self-hosted in your AWS account, costs less per job at high volume.
Coding agents are straining CI
“Our CI job volume increased 25x over 6 months.”
Agents stuck waiting for jobs
- CodexWaiting for checks on PR #693…0:41
- CopilotQueued: tests on PR #690…1:18
- DevinWaiting for checks on PR #688…1:55
- CursorRe-running checks on PR #681…2:32
- CodexWaiting for a runner…3:09
- Claude CodeWaiting for checks on PR #675…3:46
Your GitHub Actions bill is surging
$6,900/month
Illustrative.
How Vitko solves this
Faster runs, a third of GitHub’s list price.
Warm starts Private beta
Skip your job’s setup time. Start from a ready state with everything already automatically installed. Less waiting, less paying for setup.
How warm starts workTest parallelization Private beta
A workflow step that runs your test suite in parallel batches, requiring no extra setup. Up to about 2x faster on some suites in CI Bench v1.
Split a test suiteA new compute engine
Vitko’s own liquid compute engine runs your jobs fast and efficiently, optimized for performance.
Compare runnersOne line to change
The only diff needed to start seeing improvements. In the private beta, your label is issued when your organization is onboarded.
Quickstart- runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+ runs-on: <your-vitko-label>Case study
Powering our internal development
Here is what moving our CI to Vitko Runners did to cost.
Our September 2026 jobs, priced at Vitko’s rate and at GitHub’s list price1
71.5% less cost
72,728 jobs, against GitHub’s list price
Pricing
$0.002 a minute. See what you’d save.
$0.002
per minute
GitHub-hosted: $0.006, rounded up per job2
- Up to 2 vCPU and 8 GB per job
- Billed per second
- 2,000 free minutes every month
- No seats, no sizes to pick
- Hard monthly spend limit: new jobs wait instead of running up your bill
1 · Your usage
2 · Your monthly bill
- GitHub-hosted
- $300
- Vitko Runners
- $96
3 · You save
$204 a month · 68%
List prices, 2-vCPU Linux, after 2,000 free minutes. We bill per second, so your real cost is lower.
Your exact number, from your GitHub usage report:
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Private beta · 2,000 free minutes a month