Blaxel vs RemoteHost

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Blaxel

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

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Blaxel
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Max session
Blaxel: No limit
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code
RemoteHost: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code
RemoteHost: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • A session must run longer than 72 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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