Bunny Sandbox vs Freestyle VMs

Bunny Sandbox costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Bunny Sandbox runs gVisor. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs.

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Bunny Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Freestyle VMs

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

What is different

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

Bunny Sandbox
Freestyle VMs
vCPU, per hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.02
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.005
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage
Bunny Sandbox: $0.10 per GB per month on the allocated 10 GB
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Billing
Bunny Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Freestyle VMs: Per second
Isolation
Bunny Sandbox: gVisor
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
SDKs
Bunny Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations
Bunny Sandbox: Claude Code
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.02
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.005
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage
Bunny Sandbox: $0.10 per GB per month on the allocated 10 GB
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Billing
Bunny Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Freestyle VMs: Per second

Limits

Max session
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Idle stop
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400

Platform

Isolation
Bunny Sandbox: gVisor
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
GPU
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Snapshots
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs:
Pause and resume
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs:

Developer

SDKs
Bunny Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations
Bunny Sandbox: Claude Code
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
BYOC
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Bunny Sandbox
Freestyle VMs
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Bunny Sandbox: $0.030
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Bunny Sandbox: $0.060
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Bunny Sandbox: $0.120
Freestyle VMs: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Bunny Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Freestyle VMs fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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