Avrea
Shares rank 8 of 9 CI runners by recommenders
People recommend Avrea as a fast, reliable, drop-in alternative to GitHub Actions for running CI jobs, with predictable billing compared to GitHub's bills.
People recommend Avrea as a fast, reliable, drop-in alternative to GitHub Actions for running CI jobs, with predictable billing compared to GitHub's bills.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Very fast CI runs
“New player, but insanely fast. You can even move your existing runners over with one line, so pretty easy to try.”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “GitHub Actions Is Down” “serious game changer. Our test runs could take up 6minutes, we got them down to below 1 minute.”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “iOS and macOS CI benchmark: Avrea is 3-23x faster than GitHub Actions” “insanely fast and reliable”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “GitHub Actions Is Down”
Other CI runners people recommend
The four most recommended other CI runners, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacksmith runners | 22 | 21 | 51% | 8 | — | — |
| WarpBuild | 12 | 2 | 86% | 8 | — | Approved |
| GitHub Actions self-hosted runners | 9 | 25 | 26% | 6 | — | — |
| RunsOn | 8 | 3 | 73% | 8 | — | — |
| AvreaThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“serious game changer. Our test runs could take up 6minutes, we got them down to below 1 minute.”
“works super well for our workflows”
“New player, but insanely fast. You can even move your existing runners over with one line, so pretty easy to try.”
“insanely fast and reliable”
“the founding team has multiple SaaS businesses behind them”
“an alternative that won't surprise you with the bill”
“Great that you liked using us. Happy to have you onboard.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.