diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index 83adf4bfb6..8af0144177 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -63,9 +63,13 @@ jobs:
           - DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 16
             PLATFORM: "neon-staging"
             region_id: ${{ github.event.inputs.region_id || 'aws-us-east-2' }}
+            RUNNER: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
+            IMAGE: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
           - DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 16
             PLATFORM: "azure-staging"
             region_id: 'azure-eastus2'
+            RUNNER: [ self-hosted, eastus2, azure ]
+            IMAGE: neondatabase/build-tools:pinned
     env:
       TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "300"
       TEST_PG_BENCH_SCALES_MATRIX: "10,100"
@@ -76,9 +80,9 @@ jobs:
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.PLATFORM }}
 
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.RUNNER }}
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
+      image: ${{ matrix.IMAGE }}
       options: --init
 
     steps:
@@ -237,6 +241,8 @@ jobs:
       id: pgbench-compare-matrix
       run: |
         region_id_default=${{ env.DEFAULT_REGION_ID }}
+        runner_default="[ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]"
+        image_default="369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned"
         matrix='{
           "pg_version" : [
             16
@@ -250,16 +256,19 @@ jobs:
             "neonvm-captest-new"
           ],
           "db_size": [ "10gb" ],
-          "include": [{ "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-freetier",       "db_size": "3gb"  },
-                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-new",            "db_size": "50gb" },
-                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-freetier", "db_size": "3gb"  },
-                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-new",      "db_size": "10gb" },
-                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-new",      "db_size": "50gb" },
-                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-sharding-reuse", "db_size": "50gb" }]
+          "runner": [ "'"$runner_default"'" ],
+          "image": [ "'"$image_default"'" ],
+          "include": [{ "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-freetier",       "db_size": "3gb" ,"'"$runner_default"'", "'"$image_default"'" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-new",            "db_size": "10gb","'"$runner_default"'", "'"$image_default"'" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-new",            "db_size": "50gb","'"$runner_default"'", "'"$image_default"'" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-freetier", "db_size": "3gb" ,"'"$runner_default"'", "'"$image_default"'" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-new",      "db_size": "10gb","'"$runner_default"'", "'"$image_default"'" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-new",      "db_size": "50gb","'"$runner_default"'", "'"$image_default"'" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-sharding-reuse", "db_size": "50gb","'"$runner_default"'", "'"$image_default"'" }]
         }'
 
         if [ "$(date +%A)" = "Saturday" ]; then
-          matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq '.include += [{ "pg_version": 14, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "rds-postgres", "db_size": "10gb"}]')
+          matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq '.include += [{ "pg_version": 14, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "rds-postgres", "db_size": "10gb","'"$runner_default"'", "'"$image_default"'"}]')
         fi
 
         echo "matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq --compact-output '.')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -317,9 +326,9 @@ jobs:
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
+      image: ${{ matrix.iamge }}
       options: --init
 
     # Increase timeout to 8h, default timeout is 6h