BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox vs Freestyle VMs

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox costs $0.0351 per vCPU-hour and Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs.

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BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours

Freestyle VMs

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

What is different

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

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox
Freestyle VMs
vCPU, per hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0351
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0081
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Largest sandbox
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Container
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
SDKs
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Python, Go, Java
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0351
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RAM, per GiB-hour
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.0081
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Storage
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Free tier
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Paid plan from
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Billing
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Per second
Freestyle VMs: Per second

Limits

Max session
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 24 hours
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Idle stop
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Largest sandbox
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400

Platform

Isolation
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Container
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
GPU
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Snapshots
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs:
Pause and resume
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs:

Developer

SDKs
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Python, Go, Java
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Integrations
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK

Trust

License
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
BYOC
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: Not listed
Freestyle VMs: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox
Freestyle VMs
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.051
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.103
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox: $0.205
Freestyle VMs: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

BytePlus AI Cloud Native Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.103 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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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