CreateOS Sandbox vs Fly.io Sprites

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

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

Fly.io Sprites

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 trial credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Fly.io Sprites
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Fly.io Sprites:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Fly.io Sprites:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Fly.io Sprites
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You use MCP, the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude Code.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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