CreateOS Sandbox vs Runta

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

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CreateOS Sandbox

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

Runta

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$50 free credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Runta
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Runta: $50 free credit
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Runta: Full VM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Runta: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Runta: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Runta: Full VM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Runta: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Runta:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Runta:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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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 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 SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

Runta fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.

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