Buddy Sandboxes vs inis.run

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. inis.run runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Buddy Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$1 of usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Buddy Sandboxes
inis.run
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
inis.run: Included
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions and persistent volumes cost about €0.07 per GB per month. Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute.
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
inis.run: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
inis.run: Included
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions and persistent volumes cost about €0.07 per GB per month. Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute.
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
inis.run: 24 hours
Idle stop
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: No
Snapshots
Buddy Sandboxes:
inis.run:
Pause and resume
Buddy Sandboxes:
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: In your own cloud account, from €30,000/year

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
inis.run: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

inis.run fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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