CreateOS Sandbox vs MIOSA

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and MIOSA costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. MIOSA runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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CreateOS Sandbox

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

MIOSA

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
MIOSA
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
MIOSA: $0.01458
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
MIOSA: $500 / month
Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
MIOSA: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
MIOSA: Up to 250
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code
MIOSA: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
MIOSA: $0.01458
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
MIOSA: $500 / month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
MIOSA: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
MIOSA: 24 hours
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
MIOSA: Up to 250

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code
MIOSA: MCP

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
MIOSA: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
MIOSA: Your own AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
MIOSA
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
MIOSA: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
MIOSA: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
MIOSA: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

MIOSA fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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