Blaxel vs OmniRun

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. OmniRun runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Blaxel

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

OmniRun

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Blaxel
OmniRun
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
OmniRun: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
OmniRun: TypeScript

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

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

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
OmniRun: Not listed
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
OmniRun: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
OmniRun: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
OmniRun: Up to 3

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
OmniRun: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
OmniRun: Not listed
Snapshots
Blaxel:
OmniRun: Not listed
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
OmniRun: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
OmniRun: TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
OmniRun: Not listed

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
OmniRun: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
OmniRun: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
OmniRun
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
OmniRun: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
OmniRun: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
OmniRun: Not listed

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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 need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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