CreateOS Sandbox vs Sailboxes

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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CreateOS Sandbox

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

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Sailboxes: $0.124

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

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.119 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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