Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Freestyle VMs

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs.

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

Freestyle VMs

Full Linux virtual machines for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free plan, $0 forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Freestyle VMs profile

What is different

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

Field

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Freestyle VMs

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Freestyle VMs: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Freestyle VMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Up to 400

Platform

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Freestyle VMs: Full VM
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Snapshots: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Freestyle VMs:
Pause and resume: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Freestyle VMs:

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Freestyle VMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

Freestyle VMs fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.

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