Celesto Cloud vs Runta

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. Runta runs full VMs.

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Celesto Cloud

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

Runta

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$50 free credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Celesto Cloud
Runta
vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Runta: $50 free credit
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Runta: Per second
Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Runta: Full VM
SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Runta: Pay as you go
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Runta: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Runta: Full VM
GPU
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
Snapshots
Celesto Cloud:
Runta:
Pause and resume
Celesto Cloud:
Runta:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0
Runta: Not listed
BYOC
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Runta: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
Runta
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
Runta: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Runta fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the larger free credit: $50 against $5.

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