Agent Sandbox vs inis.run

Agent Sandbox runs containers. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

What is different

5 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Agent Sandbox
inis.run
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
inis.run: Full VM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
inis.run: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Included
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: No
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run:
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

inis.run fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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