# Alternatives to every way of running GitHub Actions

> One page per option, listing every other way to run the same jobs with dated list prices, cheapest first, the option itself kept as a choice.

At 5,000 minutes a month, the cheapest macOS option is one machine you already have on Buildhound Team at $24 and the cheapest Linux option is Ubicloud at $6.25. Staying with GitHub-hosted runners costs $310 for macOS and $30 for Linux. Every option against GitHub-hosted: https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/github-hosted.md.

## Hosted runners

- [Alternatives to GitHub-hosted runners](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/github-hosted.md): GitHub's own machines, billed by the minute.
- [Alternatives to Blacksmith](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/blacksmith.md): Hosted runners on bare metal, by the minute.
- [Alternatives to Depot](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/depot.md): Hosted runners on AWS, sold in monthly plans.
- [Alternatives to WarpBuild](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/warpbuild.md): Hosted runners by the minute, or in your cloud.
- [Alternatives to Namespace](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/namespace.md): Hosted runners by the minute or a monthly plan.
- [Alternatives to Ubicloud](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/ubicloud.md): Low-cost hosted Linux runners, by the minute.
- [Alternatives to Vercel Daemons](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/vercel-daemons.md): Runner containers on Vercel, in public beta.
- [Alternatives to Bitrise Build Hub](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/bitrise.md): Hosted Mac and Linux runners for GitHub Actions, in monthly tiers.

## Runners in your own cloud

- [Alternatives to RunsOn](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/runs-on.md): Runners in your own AWS account, for a yearly licence.
- [Alternatives to Cirun](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/cirun.md): Runners in your own cloud, for a platform fee.
- [Alternatives to AWS CodeBuild](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/aws-codebuild.md): GitHub Actions runners in your AWS account, by the build minute.

## macOS only

- [Alternatives to Xcode Cloud](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/xcode-cloud.md): Apple's own CI for Apple platforms, by the hour.
- [Alternatives to Manzanita](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/manzanita.md): macOS runners rented by the month, a VM per job.
- [Alternatives to MacRun](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/macrun.md): A whole Mac mini rented by the month.

## Other CI services

- [Alternatives to Codemagic](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/codemagic.md): Mobile CI with its own workflow file, by the minute or a yearly plan.
- [Alternatives to CircleCI](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/circleci.md): Another CI service, billed in credits for each minute.
- [Alternatives to Buildkite](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/buildkite.md): Pipelines on your own agents or its hosted machines.

## Your own machines

- [Alternatives to ushr](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/ushr.md): Open-source runners on your own machines, by host.
- [Alternatives to Actions Runner Controller](https://buildhound.sh/alternatives/actions-runner-controller.md): GitHub's Kubernetes operator for self-hosted runners, free.