Agent Sandbox vs MIOSA

MIOSA costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. MIOSA runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Agent Sandbox

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

MIOSA

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
MIOSA
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files
MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
MIOSA: $500 / month
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Claude Code
MIOSA: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: $0.01458
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files
MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
MIOSA: $500 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
MIOSA: Per second

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: 24 hours
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: Up to 250

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: Not listed
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA:
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA:

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Claude Code
MIOSA: MCP

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: Your own AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
MIOSA
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Agent Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use Claude Code.

MIOSA fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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