Collimate vs RemoteHost

Collimate costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Collimate runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Collimate

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Demo key, free with no card
Max session
24 hours

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Collimate
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
Collimate: $0.012
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Collimate: $0.10 per GB-month while a sandbox is suspended
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Collimate: Demo key, free with no card
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Collimate: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Collimate: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Max session
Collimate: 24 hours
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Collimate: Up to 100
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
SDKs
Collimate: Python
RemoteHost: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Collimate: $0.04
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Collimate: $0.012
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Collimate: $0.10 per GB-month while a sandbox is suspended
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Collimate: Demo key, free with no card
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Collimate: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Collimate: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Collimate: 24 hours
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Collimate: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Collimate: Not listed
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Collimate: Up to 100
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

Isolation
Collimate: Firecracker microVM
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Collimate: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Snapshots
Collimate:
RemoteHost:
Pause and resume
Collimate:
RemoteHost:

Developer

SDKs
Collimate: Python
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Collimate: MCP, Claude Code
RemoteHost: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Collimate: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Collimate: Enterprise plan
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Collimate
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Collimate: $0.064
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Collimate: $0.128
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Collimate: $0.256
RemoteHost: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Collimate fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.

RemoteHost fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.

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