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Depot vs RunsOn

RunsOn offers cheaper CI compute, but Depot adds container builds, caching, registry and sandbox services.
DepotBuild Docker containers 40x fasterRunsOnShockingly cheaper CI

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What it is
Depot:Depot provides remote, fast Docker container builds, CI, caching, registry and sandbox services for scalable software delivery.
RunsOn:RunsOn runs GitHub Actions jobs on on-demand AWS EC2 instances, cutting CI cost and latency.
Best for
Depot:Fast, scalable container builds and CI
RunsOn:Cheap, scalable CI on AWS
Who it’s for
Depot:Engineering teams needing high-throughput builds and CI for AI-scale workloads.
RunsOn:Engineering teams that self-host CI on AWS and use GitHub Actions.
Pricing
Depot:Freemium
RunsOn:Paid
Plans
Depot:Developer $20 per month · Startup $200 per month
RunsOn:Starter €300/ year per year · Enterprise €3,600/ year per year · Free (non-commercial) free
Open source
Depot:—
RunsOn:Yes, 1,339 GitHub stars
Works with
Depot:GitHub Actions, GitHub, CI providers, AWS
RunsOn:GitHub Actions, CloudFormation, Terraform
DevHunt upvotes
Depot:22
RunsOn:32
Launched on DevHunt
Depot:Mar 2024
RunsOn:Feb 2024

Depot features

  • 40x Faster Container Builds. Remote builds on native Intel & Arm hardware with zero-emulation, delivering up to 40× speedup.
  • 10x Faster CI Engine. Programmable CI with unlimited concurrency and per-second billing.
  • Shared Persistent Cache. Fast, shared cache across builds backed by NVMe storage.
  • Depot Registry. High-throughput container registry with private, authenticated access.
  • Agent Sandboxes. Ephemeral, isolated environments for agents and humans with fine-grained RBAC.
  • Security & Governance. SSO/SAML, audit logging, SOC 2 Type II compliance, and role-based access control.
  • Multi-Platform Support. Builds for both Intel and Arm platforms, including macOS and Windows runners.
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RunsOn features

  • Dynamic instance selection. Specify CPU, RAM, architecture or GPU in a label and RunsOn launches the matching EC2 spot or on-demand instance.
  • Fast job startup. Typical 30 s from queued to running; warm pools can reduce latency to under 6 s.
  • Unlimited machine types. Any EC2 instance type, including x64, ARM64 and GPU, can be used per job.
  • S3-backed caching. Add extras=s3-cache to use an unlimited S3 bucket in your VPC for cache storage.
  • Nested virtualization. KVM for Linux and Hyper-V for Windows enable Android emulators, VM-based e2e tests and Windows containers.
  • Per-job isolation. Each job runs on a fresh VM that is terminated when the job finishes, keeping data private.
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