Cloudflare Sandbox vs Cua Fleets

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and Cua Fleets costs $0.044625 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Cua Fleets runs gVisor.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

Cua Fleets

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
Cua Fleets
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: Free
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Cua Fleets: Per second
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Cua Fleets: gVisor
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: Free
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Cua Fleets: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Cua Fleets: gVisor
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Cua Fleets: No

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Your AWS, Google Cloud, or Modal account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
Cua Fleets
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
Cua Fleets: $0.089
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
Cua Fleets: $0.179
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
Cua Fleets: $0.357

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Cua Fleets fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.179 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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