Blaxel vs Cua Fleets

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Cua Fleets costs $0.044625 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Cua Fleets runs gVisor.

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Blaxel

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

Cua Fleets

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Blaxel
Cua Fleets
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Cua Fleets: Free
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Cua Fleets: Per second
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
Cua Fleets: No
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Cua Fleets: Free
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Cua Fleets: Per second

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Cua Fleets: gVisor
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Snapshots
Blaxel:
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
Cua Fleets: No

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
Cua Fleets: Your AWS, Google Cloud, or Modal account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
Cua Fleets
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
Cua Fleets: $0.089
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
Cua Fleets: $0.179
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
Cua Fleets: $0.357

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.179 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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