CoreWeave Sandboxes vs inis.run

CoreWeave Sandboxes costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. CoreWeave Sandboxes runs microVMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 720 hours. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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CoreWeave Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
720 hours

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.

CoreWeave Sandboxes
inis.run
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
inis.run: Included
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
inis.run: No limit
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
inis.run: Up to 10
Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
inis.run: No
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.128
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.0212
inis.run: Included
Storage
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Snapshots and volumes billed separately
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CoreWeave Sandboxes: 720 hours
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Up to 5,000
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
CoreWeave Sandboxes: MicroVM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
inis.run: No
Snapshots
CoreWeave Sandboxes:
inis.run:
Pause and resume
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Claude Code
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
CoreWeave Sandboxes: Your CKS clusters. CoreWeave runs the gateway.
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CoreWeave Sandboxes
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.170
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.341
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CoreWeave Sandboxes: $0.682
inis.run: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CoreWeave Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

inis.run fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.

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