CreateOS Sandbox vs Sandbox0

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Sandbox0 runs gVisor 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

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: Free
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: Free
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Sandbox0: $0.120

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.119 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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