# Alternatives to GitHub-hosted runners
Each service below runs GitHub Actions jobs in place of GitHub-hosted runners; how each one is set up is on its own
pages, linked from its compare page. On Coreload you change a job's `runs-on` label, and jobs you don't change keep
running on GitHub-hosted runners, so you can try one job first.

## Coreload

- **One VM per job.** Each job runs in a fresh VM on bare-metal machines, and the VM is deleted when the job ends.
- **Measured, not claimed.** We publish what we measured, with the method, the number of runs, the date and the raw
  data, on the [benchmarks page](https://coreload.com/benchmarks/).
- **Prices and sizes.** See [Pricing](https://coreload.com/pricing/) and [Sizes](https://coreload.com/sizes/).
- **Coreload and GitHub-hosted runners side by side:** [Coreload vs GitHub-hosted](https://coreload.com/compare/github-hosted/).

[Install the GitHub App](https://github.com/apps/coreload-ci) · [Quickstart](https://coreload.com/quickstart/)

## Other hosted runner services

Each link opens a page that quotes the provider's own pages, with a link to each page and the date we read it.

- **Blacksmith:** [what Blacksmith publishes](https://coreload.com/compare/blacksmith/), and how to
  [move a job from Blacksmith](https://coreload.com/migrate/blacksmith/).
- **Namespace:** [what Namespace publishes](https://coreload.com/compare/namespace/).
- **Depot:** [what Depot publishes](https://coreload.com/compare/depot/).
- **RunsOn:** [what RunsOn publishes](https://coreload.com/compare/runson/).

## Your own machines

GitHub also lets you register machines you run yourself as self-hosted runners.

## Questions

- **How do I switch a job from GitHub-hosted runners?** Install the GitHub App, then change `runs-on` on the job to the
  label we send you. Jobs you don't change keep running on GitHub-hosted runners.
- **Which alternative is fastest?** It depends on the job and the size. We publish only what we measured, on the
  [benchmarks page](https://coreload.com/benchmarks/), with the method and the raw data.