Remarque
Upcoming changes to GitHub Actions pricing:
- Self-hosted runners: You will be charged for using the GitHub Actions cloud platform from March 1, 2026.
- GitHub-hosted runners: The charge for using actions minutes in private and internal repositories will include the cost of using the cloud platform from January 1, 2026.
See 2026 pricing changes for GitHub Actions in GitHub Executive Insights.
GitHub rounds the minutes and partial minutes each job uses up to the nearest whole minute.
Self-hosted runners
From March 1, 2026, the cost of using a self-hosted runner on the GitHub Actions cloud platform will be $0.002 USD per minute.
The cost of using the GitHub Actions cloud platform is included in the per-minute cost of all GitHub-hosted runners.
Standard GitHub-hosted runners
These runners will use minutes included in your quota to run workflows in private and internal repositories until the quota is used up.
| Operating system | Billing SKU | Per-minute rate until January 1, 2026 (USD) | January 1, 2026 onward | Percentage change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux 1-core | linux_slim | $0.002 | $0.002 | 0% |
| Linux 2-core | linux | $0.008 | $0.006 | -25% |
| Windows 2-core | windows | $0.016 | $0.010 | -38% |
| macOS 3-core or 4-core (M1 or Intel) | macos | $0.080 | $0.062 | -23% |
x64-powered larger runners
| Operating system | Billing SKU | Per-minute rate until January 1, 2026 (USD) | January 1, 2026 onward | Percentage change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux Advanced 2-core | linux_2_core_advanced | $0.008 | $0.006 | -25% |
| Linux 4-core | linux_4_core | $0.016 | $0.012 | -25% |
| Linux 8-core | linux_8_core | $0.032 | $0.022 | -31% |
| Linux 16-core | linux_16_core | $0.064 | $0.042 | -34% |
| Linux 32-core | linux_32_core | $0.128 | $0.082 | -36% |
| Linux 64-core | linux_64_core | $0.256 | $0.162 | -37% |
| Linux 96-core | linux_96_core | $0.384 | $0.252 | -34% |
| Windows 4-core | windows_4_core | $0.032 | $0.022 | -31% |
| Windows 8-core | windows_8_core | $0.064 | $0.042 | -34% |
| Windows 16-core | windows_16_core | $0.128 | $0.082 | -36% |
| Windows 32-core | windows_32_core | $0.256 | $0.162 | -37% |
| Windows 64-core | windows_64_core | $0.512 | $0.322 | -37% |
| Windows 96-core | windows_96_core | $0.768 | $0.552 | -28% |
| macOS 12-core | macos_l | $0.120 | $0.077 | -36% |
arm64-powered larger runners
| Operating system | Billing SKU | Per-minute rate until January 1, 2026 (USD) | January 1, 2026 onward | Percentage change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux 2-core | linux_2_core_arm | $0.005 | $0.005 | 0% |
| Linux 4-core | linux_4_core_arm | $0.010 | $0.008 | -20% |
| Linux 8-core | linux_8_core_arm | $0.020 | $0.014 | -30% |
| Linux 16-core | linux_16_core_arm | $0.040 | $0.026 | -35% |
| Linux 32-core | linux_32_core_arm | $0.080 | $0.050 | -38% |
| Linux 64-core | linux_64_core_arm | $0.160 | $0.098 | -39% |
| Windows 2-core | windows_2_core_arm | $0.010 | $0.008 | -20% |
| Windows 4-core | windows_4_core_arm | $0.020 | $0.014 | -30% |
| Windows 8-core | windows_8_core_arm | $0.040 | $0.026 | -35% |
| Windows 16-core | windows_16_core_arm | $0.080 | $0.050 | -38% |
| Windows 32-core | windows_32_core_arm | $0.160 | $0.098 | -39% |
| Windows 64-core | windows_64_core_arm | $0.320 | $0.194 | -39% |
| macOS 6-core (M1) | macos_xl | $0.160 | $0.102 | -36% |
GPU-powered larger runners
| Operating system | Billing SKU | Per-minute rate until January 1, 2026 (USD) | January 1, 2026 onward | Percentage change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux 4-core | linux_4_core_gpu | $0.070 | $0.052 | -26% |
| Windows 4-core | windows_4_core_gpu | $0.14 | $0.102 | -27% |
Points to note about rates for runners
- The number of jobs you can run concurrently across all repositories in your user or organization account depends on your GitHub plan. For more information, see Billing and usage for GitHub-hosted runners and Actions limits for self-hosted runner usage limits.
- Larger runners are only available for organizations and enterprises using the GitHub Team or GitHub Enterprise Cloud plans.
- Larger runners are only billed at the per-minute rate for the amount of time workflows are executed on them. There is no cost associated with creating a larger runner that is not being used by a workflow.
- For larger runners, there is no additional cost for configurations that assign public static IP addresses to a larger runner. For more information on larger runners, see Larger runners.
- Included minutes cannot be used for larger runners.
- The larger runners are not free for public repositories.
- Custom images can only be used with larger runners and are billed at the same per-minute rates as those runners.