# Coreload and Blacksmith
The section "What Blacksmith publishes" quotes Blacksmith's own pages, with a link to each page and the date we read it. The
other sections are ours.

## Measured

Not yet measured. We publish a speed comparison only after we have run one, with the machine size on each side named.

## Coreload's price

Coreload's per-minute price, published on the pricing page. (coming soon) See [Pricing](https://coreload.com/pricing/) and
[Sizes](https://coreload.com/sizes/).

## What Blacksmith publishes

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Quoted from Blacksmith's own pages, read 2026-11-03 (US Eastern), each with a link to its page. Where a page we read says nothing on a point, we say so.

| Machine | Rate ("/min") | Their words | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 vCPU · 8 GB | $0.004 | "blacksmith-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404 2 vCPU 8 GB 80 GB" · the pricing page shows "$0.004" | [blacksmith.sh](https://www.blacksmith.sh/pricing) · [docs.blacksmith.sh](https://docs.blacksmith.sh/blacksmith-runners/overview) |
| 4 vCPU · 16 GB | $0.008 | "blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404 4 vCPU 16 GB 80 GB" · the pricing page shows "$0.008" | [blacksmith.sh](https://www.blacksmith.sh/pricing) · [docs.blacksmith.sh](https://docs.blacksmith.sh/blacksmith-runners/overview) |
| 8 vCPU · 32 GB | $0.016 | "blacksmith-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404 8 vCPU 32 GB 160 GB" · the pricing page shows "$0.016" | [blacksmith.sh](https://www.blacksmith.sh/pricing) · [docs.blacksmith.sh](https://docs.blacksmith.sh/blacksmith-runners/overview) |
| 16 vCPU · 64 GB | $0.032 | "blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404 16 vCPU 64 GB 750 GB" · the pricing page shows "$0.032" | [blacksmith.sh](https://www.blacksmith.sh/pricing) · [docs.blacksmith.sh](https://docs.blacksmith.sh/blacksmith-runners/overview) |
| 32 vCPU · 128 GB | $0.064 | "blacksmith-32vcpu-ubuntu-2404 32 vCPU 128 GB 1.5 TB" · the pricing page shows "$0.064" | [blacksmith.sh](https://www.blacksmith.sh/pricing) · [docs.blacksmith.sh](https://docs.blacksmith.sh/blacksmith-runners/overview) |

The rate, in their words: "Ubuntu x64 $0.004 /min" (source: [blacksmith.sh](https://www.blacksmith.sh/pricing))

- **Plan fee:** Not stated on [this blacksmith.sh page](https://www.blacksmith.sh/pricing) when we read it.
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