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BuildPulse Runners: Run your GitHub Actions 2x faster, at half the cost.

Runners: Run GitHub Actions builds on our optimized-infrastructure, geared to cut build times and cost.

BuildPulse Team

May 5, 2026

BuildPulse Runners: Run your GitHub Actions 2x faster, at half the cost. | BuildPulse Blog

BuildPulse Runners integrates with GitHub Actions, CircleCI, and Semaphore CI to run your builds with significant performance improvements, at half cost compared to hosted runners. Here's how:

GitHub Actions uses decade-old CPUs that have poor single-core performance - leaving much to be desired.

We use GitHub’s self-hosted functionality to run your builds on our infrastructure with latest generation + high single-core performance CPUs, also then further optimized for CI-type workloads. We’ve also tuned our VMs and block storage devices, increasing baseline performance while also cutting costs in half.

We also provide a toolkit to further speed up your pipelines, which includes ultra fast remote docker builders, docker layer caching, dependency caching, and more. With all of these improvements, we’ve seen 2x+ performance improvements in build times.

  • Integrations: Seamlessly integrates into (without replacing) your existing CI system – GitHub Actions, CircleCI, and SemaphoreCI – with minimal configuration.

  • Onboarding Time: Faster than your next build takes to finish.

  • Fast Builds: Infrastructure that uses resources more efficiently to accelerate your builds and reduce cost.

  • Customizable Images and Machine Configurations: Bake your own images or choose optimized templates tailored specifically for your builds.

  • Toolkit: Building blocks to further speed up your pipelines.

  • In-Cluster Caching: Caching at every level – Docker image layers, application dependencies, and artifacts.

  • Instant Observability: Built-in Prometheus endpoints providing seamless integration with your existing monitoring tools.

  • Security: SOC 2 Type 2-compliant, and your builds are network- and compute- isolated.

  • White-glove Support: Dedicated, proactive assistance ensuring smooth operations.

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