Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs inis.run

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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

inis.run

Isolated Linux sandboxes for AI-generated code.

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

Visit site inis.run profile

What is different

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

Field

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

inis.run

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; inis.run: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; inis.run: 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

inis.runinis.run/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; inis.run: Included
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; inis.run: Full VM
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; inis.run: No
Snapshots: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; inis.run:
Pause and resume: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; inis.run:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

inis.run

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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 the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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