Cloudflare Sandbox vs inis.run

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
inis.run
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
inis.run: Included
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
inis.run: Full VM
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
inis.run: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
inis.run: Included
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: No
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
inis.run:
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
inis.run: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

inis.run fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want to start without paying.

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