Beam Sandboxes vs inis.run

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Beam Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

inis.run

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

What is different

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

Beam Sandboxes
inis.run
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
inis.run: Included
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Beam Sandboxes: Container
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
Beam Sandboxes:
inis.run: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
inis.run: Included
Storage
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Beam Sandboxes: Container
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
Beam Sandboxes:
inis.run: No
Snapshots
Beam Sandboxes:
inis.run:
Pause and resume
Beam Sandboxes:
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Beam Sandboxes
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.114
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.227
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.454
inis.run: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Beam Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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.

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