CreateOS Sandbox vs Prized Sandboxes

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Prized Sandboxes 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

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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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 use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.130 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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