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GitHub Actions runners, billed by the minute.

Install the GitHub App, change one line in your workflow. Get ephemeral runners on bare metal cloud at $0.003/min — 50% cheaper than GitHub-hosted ($0.006/min). No cloud account, no Terraform, no ops.

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.github/workflows/ci.yml+1−1
jobs:  build:    runs-on: ubuntu-latest    runs-on: onctl-2

That's the entire migration. Same syntax, same secrets, same logs — just a different runner.

Zero setup. Change one line.

No cloud account. No infrastructure to manage. A GitHub App install and a single workflow line change is all it takes.

STEP 01

Install the GitHub App

One click to install on your org or repo. No cloud account, no IAM roles, no Terraform. The App subscribes to workflow_job webhooks — that's it.

STEP 02

Change one line in your workflow

Replace runs-on: ubuntu-latest with runs-on: onctl-2. Pick your size by name. The next push triggers a runner on bare metal hardware in seconds.

STEP 03

Jobs run fast, VMs vanish

Each job gets a fresh ephemeral VM. When the job completes, the VM is destroyed immediately — no idle cost, no drift, no shared state between runs.

What happens on every push

push to GitHub→webhook fires→VM spins up→job runs→VM destroyed→you pay nothing idle

Fast by default. Cheap by design.

Bare metal cloud gives 4–6x better price-per-core than AWS or GCP. We pass that advantage to you, not to our margin.

Starts in under 5 seconds

Prebaked VM snapshots with Docker and the runner agent pre-installed. Your job starts the moment the VM boots — no package install, no bootstrap wait.

Fully ephemeral

Every job gets a brand-new VM. No shared state between runs, no stale caches from other users, no secret leakage across jobs. Security by design.

EU infrastructure, EU pricing

Running on EU-based infrastructure (Germany). Fast for EU teams. GDPR-friendly. US-East (Ashburn) coming H2 2026 — the only sub-$0.004 provider with both regions.

No idle billing

Runners spin up on job queued, are destroyed on job completed. You pay for active compute only. Zero pool to maintain, zero reserved capacity cost.

Auto-healing

Watchdogs detect runners that never registered or jobs that never completed and reclaim the VMs automatically. No orphaned machines silently billing.

Live usage dashboard

See active jobs, monthly spend, runner size breakdown, and cost trends per org. Spend caps and Slack alerts available on Team plan and above.

GitHub App, no tokens

Installation token auth scoped per repo from the webhook payload. No personal access tokens, no org-level secrets to rotate, no leaked credentials.

Runner sizes

runs-on labelvCPURAMRate
onctl-2default28 GB$0.003/min
onctl-4416 GB$0.006/min
onctl-8832 GB$0.012/min
onctl-161664 GB$0.024/min

Billed per minute. GitHub Actions sets a 6h job timeout; ours will end the runner if the job never completes.

Head-to-head

onctl-runners vs GitHub hosted

Same GitHub Actions syntax. One line change. Up to 50% off your bill.

Size
GitHub hosted
onctl-runners
You save
2-vCPU
$0.006/min
$0.003/min
-50%
4-vCPU
$0.012/min
$0.006/min
-50%
8-vCPU
$0.022/min
$0.012/min
-45%
16-vCPU
$0.042/min
$0.024/min
-43%
Feature
GitHub hosted
onctl-runners
Startup time
30–60 s
< 5 s
Billed per minute
Ephemeral (fresh VM per job)
EU infrastructure (GDPR-ready)
No queue during peak hours
GitHub App auth (no tokens)
Spend caps & alerts
Zero workflow changes
N/A

Migration takes 30 seconds

runs-on: ubuntu-latestruns-on: onctl-2
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Pay only for what runs

No reserved capacity. No monthly minimum. You pay per minute of actual compute — billed at the end of the month.

Starter

Free500 min/mo included

Try onctl-runners with no commitment. No credit card.

  • 500 minutes free every month
  • 2-vCPU and 4-vCPU runners
  • Ephemeral, fully isolated VMs
  • GitHub App install
  • Community support
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Team

$0.003per minute (2-vCPU)

Pay only for what you use. All runner sizes, spend alerts, and priority support.

  • All runner sizes (2–16 vCPU, GPU)
  • Billed per minute, no minimums beyond the first
  • Spend cap & Slack/email alerts
  • Live usage dashboard
  • Priority support
  • Dependency caching (npm, pip, cargo)

Enterprise

Customdedicated pools

Private runner pools, SOC 2, SSO, and volume discounts for large orgs.

  • Dedicated runner pools
  • Tenant-isolated infrastructure
  • SAML / SSO
  • Audit logs
  • SLA + dedicated support channel
  • Invoice billing
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Docker layer caching and dependency caching included on Team plan. GPU runners billed separately — contact us for pricing.

Up and running in 2 minutes

No cloud account. No CLI to install. No infra to manage. Just a GitHub App and one line in your workflow.

1

Install the GitHub App

# Visit the link below and install on your org or repo
# https://github.com/apps/onctl-runners

# Select repositories → Install

One OAuth click. Grant access to the repos where you want onctl runners. The App subscribes to workflow_job webhooks automatically.

2

Update your workflow

# Before
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

# After — that's the only change
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: onctl-2

Replace runs-on: ubuntu-latest. Push a commit. The next job will run on a fresh VM in seconds.

3

Watch it run

# In your Actions tab you'll see:
# ✓ Runner registered: onctl-runners-abc123
# ✓ Job started        (2 vCPU, Frankfurt)
# ✓ Job completed
# ✓ Runner destroyed

Each run spins up a new VM and destroys it on completion. Check the dashboard at app.onctl.io for live job status and monthly spend.

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