# NoMac vs the alternatives

Every other way to give your agent a Mac or an iPhone, or your GitHub Actions jobs a Mac, compared on price, speed and what you can do with it. $0.90 an hour, billed per minute, for either.

## iOS Simulators for agents: NoMac Simulator

[**NoMac Simulator vs Limrun**](/content/vs/limrun/index.html): A cloud iPhone for your agent at $0.90 an hour with the Xcode build included, against Limrun's $4.80 an hour plus its separate build sandbox.

[**NoMac Simulator vs Expo Simulators**](/content/vs/expo-simulators/index.html): Start a cloud iPhone for your agent today, ready in seconds and built with Xcode 27.1, at $0.90 an hour against Expo's $6.00, instead of joining Expo's waitlist.

[**NoMac Simulator vs Argent Cloud**](/content/vs/argent-cloud/index.html): iOS Simulators for your agent at $0.90 an hour, billed per minute, ready in seconds and building your app, instead of a $299 monthly Runner.

[**NoMac Simulator vs Run Cloud**](/content/vs/run-cloud/index.html): A cloud iPhone at $0.90 an hour with incremental builds on the phone's own Mac, a hosted MCP server and signed webhooks, against Run Cloud's $1.20.

[**NoMac Simulator vs Appetize**](/content/vs/appetize/index.html): NoMac Simulator builds your Xcode project and runs it on a cloud iPhone for $0.90 an hour. Appetize needs a prebuilt app and a monthly plan.

[**NoMac Simulator vs BrowserStack**](/content/vs/browserstack/index.html): An iOS Simulator your agent builds and tests on, ready in seconds at $0.90 an hour, instead of yearly real-device plans from $39 a month per user.

[**NoMac Simulator vs macbox**](/content/vs/macbox/index.html): Build and run your app on a cloud iPhone for $0.90 an hour, with a hosted MCP server and signing, TestFlight and a full Mac in the same account.

[**NoMac Simulator vs FlowDeck**](/content/vs/flowdeck/index.html): A cloud iPhone for each of your agents, ready in seconds with the Xcode build included, at $0.90 an hour. FlowDeck runs every agent's Simulator on your own Mac, on a yearly license.

[**NoMac Simulator vs agent-device**](/content/vs/agent-device/index.html): A cloud iPhone your agent starts in seconds, with your Xcode project built on the phone's own Mac, at $0.90 an hour. agent-device needs a Mac you host or a device cloud you sign up for.

[**NoMac Simulator vs mobile-mcp**](/content/vs/mobile-mcp/index.html): No Mac, Xcode or booted Simulator of your own: NoMac Simulator gives your agent a cloud iPhone in seconds that builds your Xcode project, at $0.90 an hour, billed per minute.

[**NoMac Simulator vs Maestro Cloud**](/content/vs/maestro-cloud/index.html): A live cloud iPhone your agent builds on, reads and taps, at $0.90 an hour, billed per minute, instead of $250 per device a month to run flows you wrote.

[**NoMac Simulator vs Simlock**](/content/vs/simlock/index.html): A cloud iPhone for each of your agents, ready in seconds with the Xcode build included, from any machine, at $0.90 an hour. Simlock leases Simulators on Macs you own, set up and run.

[**NoMac Simulator vs MobAI**](/content/vs/mobai/index.html): A cloud iPhone ready in seconds, with your Xcode project built incrementally on the phone's own Mac, at $0.90 an hour. MobAI's cloud Simulator is a CI job on your own GitHub Actions, Codemagic or Bitrise account.

## macOS runners for GitHub Actions: NoMac CI

[**NoMac CI vs GitHub-hosted macOS runners**](/content/vs/github-actions-macos/index.html): About a quarter of the price per macOS minute, on a newer Mac with twice the cores. Change runs-on to nomac and keep the rest of the workflow. $0.90 an hour per job, billed per minute.

[**NoMac CI vs Bitrise**](/content/vs/bitrise/index.html): Half of the price of a Bitrise Build Hub Mac, with no monthly budget to use up. NoMac CI runs your GitHub Actions jobs on a fresh Mac for $0.90 an hour, billed per minute.

[**NoMac CI vs Xcode Cloud**](/content/vs/xcode-cloud/index.html): Run CI in GitHub Actions with any tool as a step: NoMac CI gives each macOS job a fresh Mac with Xcode 27, at $0.90 an hour, billed per minute from credit that never expires.

[**NoMac CI vs a self-hosted Mac mini**](/content/vs/self-hosted-macos-runner/index.html): A Mac mini runner costs $899 up front, and its updates, cleanup and security are yours. NoMac CI gives every GitHub Actions job a fresh Mac for $0.90 an hour, with nothing to maintain.

[**NoMac CI vs Codemagic**](/content/vs/codemagic/index.html): About a sixth of the price per Mac minute, in a standard GitHub Actions workflow. NoMac CI runs each macOS job on a fresh Mac for $0.90 an hour, billed per minute.

[**NoMac CI vs CircleCI macOS**](/content/vs/circleci-macos/index.html): About an eighth of the price per macOS minute, with no second CI system to run. NoMac CI runs macOS jobs in GitHub Actions for $0.90 an hour, billed per minute.

[**NoMac CI vs WarpBuild**](/content/vs/warpbuild/index.html): About a fifth of the price per macOS minute, with Xcode 27 as the default. NoMac CI is the same one-line change, at $0.90 an hour per job.

[**NoMac CI vs Blacksmith**](/content/vs/blacksmith/index.html): About a fifth of the price per macOS minute, from credit that never expires. NoMac CI runs each GitHub Actions job on a fresh Mac for $0.90 an hour.

[**NoMac CI vs Namespace**](/content/vs/namespace/index.html): A quarter of the price of Namespace's 6 vCPU macOS runner, with no plan or unit minutes to track. NoMac CI runs each GitHub Actions job on a fresh Mac for $0.90 an hour.

[**NoMac CI vs Depot**](/content/vs/depot/index.html): About a fifth of the price per macOS minute, with no monthly plan. NoMac CI runs each GitHub Actions job on a fresh Mac with Xcode 27, at $0.90 an hour.

[**NoMac CI vs Cirrus Runners**](/content/vs/cirrus-runners/index.html): Cirrus Runners has taken no new customers since Cirrus Labs joined OpenAI in April 2026. NoMac CI is open: connect GitHub, change runs-on to nomac, and pay per minute with no monthly runner.

## Mac rentals and hosting

[**NoMac vs MacinCloud**](/content/vs/macincloud/index.html): Root on every session, not only on dedicated plans. NoMac gives your agent a fresh Mac with Xcode 27 for $0.90 an hour, billed per minute.

[**NoMac vs RentAMac**](/content/vs/rentamac/index.html): No waiting for a Mac mini to free up, and no $119 a month. NoMac starts a fresh Mac for your agent in about a minute and bills only the minutes used.

[**NoMac vs AWS EC2 Mac**](/content/vs/aws-ec2-mac/index.html): No 24-hour minimum. NoMac bills your agent's Mac per minute: a 20-minute build costs about 30¢, not about $21 for a day of an EC2 Mac host.

[**NoMac vs Scaleway Apple silicon**](/content/vs/scaleway-apple-silicon/index.html): No 24-hour lease and no server to delete. NoMac gives your agent a fresh Mac with Xcode 27, billed per minute, with a one-minute minimum.

[**NoMac vs MacStadium**](/content/vs/macstadium/index.html): No $109-a-month server. NoMac gives your agent a fresh Mac on Apple M6 or M5 Pro with Xcode 27, billed per minute from $10 of credit.

[**NoMac vs Macly**](/content/vs/macly/index.html): Start today, with no bulk order. NoMac gives your agent a Mac with Xcode 27 in about a minute, billed per minute. Macly has paused individual orders.

[**NoMac vs OakHost**](/content/vs/oakhost/index.html): A Mac for your agent in about a minute, not a monthly server that is out of stock. NoMac comes with Xcode 27 and bills per minute.

[**NoMac vs My Remote Mac**](/content/vs/myremotemac/index.html): No 24-hour rental and no monthly plan. NoMac gives your agent a fresh Mac with Xcode 27, billed per minute: a 20-minute build costs about 30¢.

[**NoMac vs Buying a Mac mini**](/content/vs/buy-a-mac-mini/index.html): $899 buys a Mac mini, or about 999 hours of NoMac: a Mac with Xcode 27 for your agent, with nothing to maintain.

## CI and build services

[**NoMac vs Expo EAS**](/content/vs/expo-eas/index.html): Pay for Mac minutes, not per build. NoMac gives your agent a real Mac with Xcode 27 for native iOS apps: a five-minute build costs about 7.5¢.

[**NoMac vs Fastlane**](/content/vs/fastlane/index.html): Run fastlane without owning a Mac. NoMac gives your agent real macOS with Xcode 27 and root to run your lanes, at $0.90 an hour.

## Sandboxes and tools for agents

[**NoMac vs Rork**](/content/vs/rork/index.html): Bring any app and any agent. NoMac gives Claude Code, Codex or Cursor a real Mac with Xcode 27 to build, test and ship, whatever wrote the code.

[**NoMac vs Bitrise Remote Dev Environments**](/content/vs/bitrise-rde/index.html): No monthly plan, no workspace roles. NoMac gives your agent a fresh Mac with Xcode 27 in about a minute, billed per minute from $10 of credit.

[**NoMac vs use.computer**](/content/vs/use-computer/index.html): No 24-hour reservation and no SDK code. NoMac gives your coding agent a Mac with Xcode 27, billed per minute, over the MCP it already speaks.

[**NoMac vs Cua**](/content/vs/cua/index.html): No Mac to own or host. NoMac gives your agent a fresh Mac with Xcode 27 in about a minute, while Cua runs on Macs you supply yourself.

[**NoMac vs E2B**](/content/vs/e2b/index.html): Real macOS with Xcode 27 for every Apple step your agent takes, billed per minute. E2B sandboxes run Linux and cannot run Xcode.

[**NoMac vs Daytona**](/content/vs/daytona/index.html): Xcode 27, billed per minute, in one account. Daytona's macOS runs through use.computer, with its own key and a Mac reserved for at least 24 hours.

[**NoMac vs boat.dev**](/content/vs/boat-dev/index.html): boat.dev gives agents Linux VMs. NoMac gives your agent a real Mac with Xcode 27, the iOS Simulator and the App Store, billed per minute.

[**NoMac vs InstaBox**](/content/vs/instabox/index.html): InstaBox gives each agent a Linux machine. NoMac gives your agent a real Mac with Xcode 27 and the App Store, at $0.90 an hour, billed per minute.

[**NoMac vs xtool**](/content/vs/xtool/index.html): Real Xcode 27 on a real Mac, from Linux or Windows: your agent builds any Xcode project, runs it in the iOS Simulator and ships it, at $0.90 an hour. xtool builds SwiftPM packages for an iPhone on a USB cable.

[**NoMac vs Macswarm**](/content/vs/macswarm/index.html): No monthly plan, and any agent. NoMac gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or ChatGPT a real Mac with root and Xcode 27, billed per minute from $10 of credit that never expires.