CreateOS Sandbox vs Solari

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Solari costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Solari runs Cloud Hypervisor 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

Solari

Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier
$3 credit every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Solari
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Solari: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Solari: Up to 10
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code
Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Solari: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Solari: 24 hours
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Solari: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Solari: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Solari:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Solari:

Developer

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

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Solari: Enterprise plan, in your own VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Solari
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Solari: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Solari: $0.171
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Solari: $0.342

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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 want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.171 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

Solari fits when

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

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