Latchkey Undercuts GitHub Hosted Runners on Price, But Break-Even Sits Near 7,700 Minutes

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Comparing per-minute rates, Latchkey charges $0.0025 for a 2 vCPU Linux minute versus GitHub's $0.006, roughly 58% less. Latchkey requires a monthly plan fee, while GitHub includes a monthly usage allowance, so the two costs equalize at about 7,714 Linux minutes per month. Below that volume GitHub remains cheaper, and on public repositories its standard runners are free. GitHub also offers broader platform support, including Windows and macOS, and larger runners up to 96 vCPU, whereas Latchkey currently supports only Ubuntu on x86_64 at 2 to 16 vCPU. Latchkey's distinguishing feature is automatic diagnosis and in-run retry of mechanical job failures.

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