Cloudflare Sandbox vs CreateOS Sandbox

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

CreateOS Sandbox

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

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
CreateOS Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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