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, with the method and the raw data.

Coreload: GitHub Actions runners 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.
Prices and sizes. See Pricing and Sizes.
Coreload and GitHub-hosted runners side by side: Coreload vs GitHub-hosted.

Install the GitHub App 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, and how to move a job from Blacksmith.
Namespace: what Namespace publishes.
Depot: what Depot publishes.
RunsOn: what RunsOn publishes.

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, with the method and the raw data.