Containarium Cloud vs Runloop

Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Containarium Cloud runs containers. Runloop runs microVMs.

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Containarium Cloud

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free tier
Max session
Not listed

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Containarium Cloud
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
Runloop: $0.0252
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Runloop: Per second
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
Runloop: MicroVM
Integrations
Containarium Cloud: MCP
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
Runloop: MicroVM
GPU
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Snapshots
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Runloop:
Pause and resume
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Runloop:

Developer

SDKs
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Containarium Cloud: MCP
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Containarium Cloud
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.020
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.040
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.080
Runloop: $0.634

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Containarium Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.040 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need ISO 27001.

Runloop fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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