CreateOS Sandbox vs inis.run

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

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.

CreateOS Sandbox
inis.run
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
inis.run: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
inis.run: Up to 10
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
inis.run: Full VM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
inis.run: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
inis.run: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
inis.run: No
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
inis.run:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
inis.run: Not listed

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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 a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

inis.run fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.

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