CreateOS Sandbox vs Cua Fleets

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Cua Fleets costs $0.044625 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Cua Fleets runs gVisor.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

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.

CreateOS Sandbox
Cua Fleets
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: Free
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Cua Fleets: No
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: Free
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Cua Fleets: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Cua Fleets: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Cua Fleets: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Cua Fleets: Your AWS, Google Cloud, or Modal account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Cua Fleets
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Cua Fleets: $0.089
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Cua Fleets: $0.179
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Cua Fleets: $0.357

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.179 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

Cua Fleets fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

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