Blaxel vs Runloop

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Runloop runs microVMs.

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Blaxel

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

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Blaxel
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Runloop: $50 credit
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Runloop: Per second
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Runloop: MicroVM
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Snapshots
Blaxel:
Runloop:
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
Runloop:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
Runloop: $0.634

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $50.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Runloop fits when

  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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