This is the other thing I wanted to share! GitHub ...
# office-hoursm
managedkaos
12/17/2025, 4:50 PMThis is the other thing I wanted to share! GitHub (or maybe Microsoft?) is getting out of hand by charging for self hosted runners. On one hand I get it; you gotta pay for the infra that allows the feature. On the other hand: damn! They're my runners!
But I wonder if this is a reaction to third party self-hosted runner services using the GitHub platform. Basically people are making a business off of GitHub's platform. This could be a bit of push back.
https://resources.github.com/actions/2026-pricing-changes-for-github-actions/
managedkaos
12/17/2025, 4:54 PMA few providers that come to mind....
• Your own VMs! 😅
• https://runs-on.com/
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Erik Osterman (Cloud Posse)
12/17/2025, 7:19 PMThis is more inresponse to services like runs-on
Erik Osterman (Cloud Posse)
12/17/2025, 7:19 PMThey still host the cloud end points that those self-hosted options talk to
Erik Osterman (Cloud Posse)
12/17/2025, 7:20 PMThey now will charge 0.002/hour that an self-hosted runner is connected to GH cloud
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managedkaos
12/17/2025, 7:27 PMYep!
managedkaos
12/17/2025, 7:27 PMThere is another provider I wanted to mention but that I can't think of at the moment...
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Dan Hansen
12/17/2025, 7:34 PMm
managedkaos
12/17/2025, 7:36 PMFWIW this is the other one i was thinking of…
https://www.blacksmith.sh/pricing