/ CI Runners

GitHub Actions runners,
priced for testing

Change one line in your workflow. Up to 25% faster than GitHub's runner of the same size, 33% cheaper per minute. Together, about half the cost of every CI job.

.github/workflows/e2e.yml

name: E2E tests
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
  e2e:
    - runs-on: ubuntu-latest    + runs-on: shiplight-small    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - run: npx shiplight test

up to 25% faster$0.008/min · 33% off GitHub

/ How the math works

up to

25%

Cut runtime

The same job on the same size runner finishes sooner: faster machines, zero setup minutes.

33%

Cut per-minute cost

Every tier is at least a third below GitHub's published rate for the same vCPU count.

up to

50%

Savings, together

Fewer minutes at a lower rate: the same CI job costs about half.

/ Rates

Side by side with GitHub

Runner	Specs	Shiplight	GitHub, same size	You save
shiplight-small	4 vCPU, 16 GB	$0.008 / min	$0.012 / min	33% off GitHub
shiplight-medium	8 vCPU, 32 GB	$0.014 / min	$0.022 / min	36% off GitHub
shiplight-large	16 vCPU, 64 GB	$0.028 / min	$0.042 / min	33% off GitHub
shiplight-xlarge	32 vCPU, 128 GB	$0.054 / min	$0.082 / min	34% off GitHub

Billed per minute against plan credit, the same meter as everything else in Shiplight. GitHub rates are their published x64 Linux larger-runner prices as of August 2026.

/ Built for test jobs

Tests start instantly

No setup step, no downloads. Everything a browser test needs is already there when the job starts.

No secrets to manage

Jobs get access when they start, and it expires when they end. Nothing sensitive lives in your repo.

Failures arrive ready to debug

Every red run comes with its results, traces, and screenshots already in Shiplight. No reproducing first.

Every job starts clean

A fresh machine each time, gone when the job ends. Nothing left over, nothing shared with anyone else.

Your whole CI can move

Tests first, then builds, lint, and deploys. Same workflows, same one-line change, same savings.

One line to adopt

- runs-on: ubuntu-latest+ runs-on: shiplight-small

Price comparison: GitHub's published per-minute prices for x64 Linux hosted runners of the same vCPU count, August 2026. Runtime comparison: the same job on a GitHub hosted runner of the same vCPU count. Individual workloads vary, which is why the runtime claim is "up to". Combined savings: up to 25% shorter runtime at a 33% lower per-minute rate, roughly half the cost per job.

GitHub Actions runners,priced for testing