Beam Sandboxes vs MIOSA

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and MIOSA costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. MIOSA runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Beam Sandboxes

Isolated, secure environments for running untrusted code at scale.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

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MIOSA

Cloud sandboxes and persistent computers that AI agents use to build and run software.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $10 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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

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Beam Sandboxes

MIOSA

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; MIOSA: $0.01458
Max session: Beam Sandboxes: No limit; MIOSA: 24 hours
Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Beam Sandboxesbeam.cloud/pricing

MIOSAmiosa.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; MIOSA: $0.01458
Storage: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Paid plan from: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: $500 / month
Billing: Beam Sandboxes: Per second; MIOSA: Per second

Limits

Max session: Beam Sandboxes: No limit; MIOSA: 24 hours
Idle stop: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: Up to 250

Platform

Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Beam Sandboxes:; MIOSA: Not listed
Snapshots: Beam Sandboxes:; MIOSA:
Pause and resume: Beam Sandboxes:; MIOSA:

Developer

SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: MCP

Trust

License: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: Not listed
BYOC: Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account; MIOSA: Your own AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Beam Sandboxes

MIOSA

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.114; MIOSA: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.227; MIOSA: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.454; MIOSA: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Beam Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
A session must run longer than 24 hours.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

MIOSA fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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