CreateOS Sandbox vs InstaVM

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

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

InstaVM

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
InstaVM
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
InstaVM: $50 credit
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
InstaVM: Up to 100
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
InstaVM
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
InstaVM: $0.331

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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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need ISO 27001.

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