Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Fly.io Sprites

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agent workloads.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox profile

Fly.io Sprites

Persistent Linux computers that sleep when idle.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $30 trial credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Fly.io Sprites profile

What is different

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

Field

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Fly.io Sprites

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandboxalibabacloud.com/help/en/cs/user-guide/agent-sandboxalibabacloud.com

Fly.io Spritesfly.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Snapshots: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Fly.io Sprites:
Pause and resume: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Fly.io Sprites:

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Fly.io Sprites

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Fly.io Sprites: $0.329

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Fly.io Sprites fits when

You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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