Blaxel vs Runta

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Runta runs full VMs.

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Blaxel

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

Runta

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$50 free credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Blaxel
Runta
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Runta: $50 free credit
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Runta: Per second
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Runta: Full VM
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Runta: Pay as you go
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Runta: Per second

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
Runta: Not listed
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
Runta: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Runta: Full VM
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
Snapshots
Blaxel:
Runta:
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
Runta:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
Runta
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
Runta: $0.331

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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 or MCP.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $50.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Runta fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.

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