Brimble Sandboxes vs Freestyle VMs

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Brimble Sandboxes

Sandbox product of the Brimble hosting platform that runs code in gVisor containers.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Max session: 6 hours

Visit site Brimble Sandboxes profile

Freestyle VMs

Full Linux virtual machines for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free plan, $0 forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Freestyle VMs profile

What is different

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

Field

Brimble Sandboxes

Freestyle VMs

Storage: Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates; Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Largest sandbox: Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15; Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Isolation: Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor; Freestyle VMs: Full VM
SDKs: Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go; Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations: Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Brimble Sandboxesbrimble.io/pricing

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage: Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates; Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Billing: Brimble Sandboxes: Per second; Freestyle VMs: Per second

Limits

Max session: Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Idle stop: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15; Freestyle VMs: Up to 400

Platform

Isolation: Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor; Freestyle VMs: Full VM
GPU: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Freestyle VMs:
Snapshots: Brimble Sandboxes:; Freestyle VMs:
Pause and resume: Brimble Sandboxes:; Freestyle VMs:

Developer

SDKs: Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go; Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations: Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed
BYOC: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Brimble Sandboxes

Freestyle VMs

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Freestyle VMs: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Brimble Sandboxes fits when

You use MCP.

Freestyle VMs fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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