GitHub Actions new pricing - Hosted runner price drop #1196
Description
Value Prop
On January 1, 2026, GitHub will reduce the price of GitHub-hosted runners by up to 39%. The free usage minute quotas will remain the same.
This reduction is driven by a price reduction of base rates on all runners, paired with a new $0.002 per-minute GitHub Actions cloud platform charge. For GitHub-hosted runners, the new Actions cloud platform charge is already included in the reduced meter price.
Usage of standard GitHub-hosted runners in public repositories will remain free.
Expected Outcome
This price reduction makes high-performance compute more accessible for both high-volume CI workloads and the agent jobs that rely on fast, secure execution environments.
New GitHub-hosted runner rates
| Runner type | Machine type | Current per-minute rate | New per-minute rate | Percent change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard runners | Linux 1-core | $0.002 | $0.002 | 0% |
| Standard runners | Linux 2-core | $0.008 | $0.006 | -25% |
| Standard runners | Windows 2-core | $0.016 | $0.010 | -38% |
| Standard runners | macOS 3-core or 4-core | $0.080 | $0.062 | -23% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Linux Advanced 2-core | $0.008 | $0.006 | -25% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Linux 4-core | $0.016 | $0.012 | -25% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Linux 8-core | $0.032 | $0.022 | -31% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Linux 16-core | $0.064 | $0.042 | -34% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Linux 32-core | $0.128 | $0.082 | -36% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Linux 64-core | $0.256 | $0.162 | -37% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Linux 96-core | $0.384 | $0.252 | -34% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Windows 4-core | $0.032 | $0.022 | -31% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Windows 8-core | $0.064 | $0.042 | -34% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Windows 16-core | $0.128 | $0.082 | -36% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Windows 32-core | $0.256 | $0.162 | -37% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Windows 64-core | $0.512 | $0.322 | -37% |
| x64-powered larger runners | Windows 96-core | $0.768 | $0.552 | -28% |
| x64-powered larger runners | macOS 12-core | $0.120 | $0.077 | -36% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Linux 2-core | $0.005 | $0.005 | 0% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Linux 4-core | $0.010 | $0.008 | -20% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Linux 8-core | $0.020 | $0.014 | -30% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Linux 16-core | $0.040 | $0.026 | -35% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Linux 32-core | $0.080 | $0.050 | -38% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Linux 64-core | $0.160 | $0.098 | -39% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Windows 2-core | $0.010 | $0.008 | -20% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Windows 4-core | $0.020 | $0.014 | -30% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Windows 8-core | $0.040 | $0.026 | -35% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Windows 16-core | $0.080 | $0.050 | -38% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Windows 32-core | $0.160 | $0.098 | -39% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | Windows 64-core | $0.320 | $0.194 | -39% |
| arm64-powered larger runners | macOS 6-core (M1) | $0.160 | $0.102 | -36% |
| GPU-powered larger runners | Linux 4-core | $0.070 | $0.052 | -26% |
| GPU-powered larger runners | Windows 4-core | $0.140 | $0.102 | -27% |