CreateOS Sandbox vs Isorun

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Isorun runs microVMs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

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

Isorun

Isolation
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
Isorun
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Isorun: $0.015
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Isorun: $50 credit
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Isorun: MicroVM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Isorun: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Isorun: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Isorun: $0.015
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Isorun: $50 credit
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Isorun: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Isorun: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Isorun: TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Isorun
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Isorun: $0.055
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Isorun: $0.110
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Isorun: $0.220

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

Isorun fits when

  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.110 against $0.119 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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