Depot (GitHub Actions runners)
Faster GitHub Actions runners and Docker builds on AWS; monthly plans with included minutes, then per-minute billing.
Plans bundle GitHub Actions minutes with Docker build minutes, Depot CI minutes and cache storage, which suits teams that also build container images. Developer is $20/month for 1 user with 2,000 minutes and Startup $200/month for unlimited users with 20,000, then $0.006/min, the same rate as GitHub's standard runner. Larger runners consume minutes faster. Choosing between US and EU regions is self-serve, but there is only a 7-day trial rather than a free tier, and no public DPA was found.
- Headquarters
- 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
- Parent jurisdiction
- 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
- EU self-serve plan
- Available; check eligible plans and regions
- GDPR DPA
- No / not documented
- Billing
- subscription
- Free tier
- 7-day free trial.
- Open source
- No
- Website
- depot.dev
- Source last checked
- 2026-10-06
- Pricing evidence
- Published rates
Pricing
Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply. How to read these estimates.
| Plan | Base fee / month | Build minute |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | $20 | $0.006 |
| Startup | $200 | $0.006 |
Allowances, plan limits & calculation details
Rates are shown at their recorded precision. A zero means no charge in this calculation; the vendor may charge for things we leave out. See the notes for usage assumptions and currency conversions.
Developer
- Base fee / month
- $20
- Included build minutes / month
- 2,000
- Build minute
- $0.006
Startup
- Base fee / month
- $200
- Included build minutes / month
- 20,000
- Build minute
- $0.006
depot-ubuntu-24.04 runner (2 vCPU, 8 GB) is $0.006/min with a 1x minute multiplier; larger runners consume minutes faster. Developer $20/month (1 user) includes 2,000 GitHub Actions minutes, Startup $200/month (unlimited users) includes 20,000; additional GitHub Actions minutes $0.006. Plans also include Docker build minutes, Depot CI minutes and cache storage ($0.20/GB-month beyond). Business is custom. The pricing page lists US and EU (eu-central-1) regions; project region selection is self-serve. No public DPA found.
Managed alternatives
At 50,000 Linux build minutes / month. Adjust usage and requirements.
Depot (GitHub Actions runners): $3,696/yr estimated.
- Ubicloud (GitHub Actions runners): $720/yr estimated 路 $2,976/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Namespace: $1,200/yr estimated 路 $2,496/yr bill differenceEstimated ratesDeveloper uses the overage rate because a separate pay-as-you-go rate is not published. Memory-heavy runners cost more.
- Blacksmith: $2,256/yr estimated 路 $1,440/yr bill differencePublished rates
- WarpBuild: $2,400/yr estimated 路 $1,296/yr bill differencePublished rates
- GitHub Actions (hosted runners): $2,520/yr estimated 路 $1,176/yr bill differenceModeled ratesAssumes ten platform seats. Existing seats are not an incremental runner cost; included minutes depend on the plan.
No cheaper managed estimate matches your filters. Adjust your usage or compare with your actual contract bill.
The price difference leaves out migration costs, operating costs and any features you鈥檇 need to replace.
Self-hosted options
Operating cost is not estimated. These options are not counted as savings against managed services.
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