Blaxel vs CreateOS Sandbox

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Blaxel

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Credit of up to $200
Max session
No limit

CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Blaxel
CreateOS Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Snapshots
Blaxel:
CreateOS Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
CreateOS Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
CreateOS Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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