CreateOS Sandbox vs Everstack

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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CreateOS Sandbox

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

Everstack

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Everstack
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Everstack: $0.0666
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Everstack: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Everstack: Free
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
Everstack: $20 / month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Everstack: Up to 50
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Everstack: $0.0666
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Everstack: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Everstack: Free
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
Everstack: $20 / month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Everstack: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Everstack: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Everstack: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Everstack: Up to 50

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Everstack: Not listed
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Everstack: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Everstack:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Everstack:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code
Everstack: Not listed

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Everstack: Apache-2.0
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Everstack: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Everstack
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Everstack: $0.067
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Everstack: $0.133
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Everstack: $0.266

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.133 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Everstack fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.

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