CreateOS Sandbox vs exe.dev

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. exe.dev runs full VMs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

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

exe.dev

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
exe.dev
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
exe.dev: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
exe.dev: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
exe.dev: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
exe.dev: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
exe.dev: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
exe.dev: $15 / month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
exe.dev: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
exe.dev: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
exe.dev: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
exe.dev: Full VM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
exe.dev: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
exe.dev: Not listed
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
exe.dev: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
exe.dev: Not listed
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
exe.dev: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
exe.dev: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
exe.dev
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
exe.dev: $0.053
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
exe.dev: $0.105
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
exe.dev: $0.210

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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 need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

exe.dev fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.105 against $0.119 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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