Celesto Cloud vs Runloop

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. Runloop runs microVMs.

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Celesto Cloud

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

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Celesto Cloud
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Runloop: $50 credit
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Runloop: Per second
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Runloop: MicroVM
GPU
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Snapshots
Celesto Cloud:
Runloop:
Pause and resume
Celesto Cloud:
Runloop:

Developer

SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
Runloop: $0.634

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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 want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Runloop fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $50 against $5.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 32 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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