Celesto Cloud vs CreateOS Sandbox

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Celesto Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session
Not listed

CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Celesto Cloud
CreateOS Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Snapshots
Celesto Cloud:
CreateOS Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Celesto Cloud:
CreateOS Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
CreateOS Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
  • You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.119 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

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