Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Runta

Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Runta 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

Runta

Isolated computers where AI agents work and keep state.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $50 free credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runta profile

What is different

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

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Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Runta

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Runta: Full VM

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

Runtarunta.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: $0.0162
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Runta: Pay as you go
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Runta: Per second

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Runta

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Runta: $0.331

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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.

Runta fits when

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

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