CreateOS Sandbox vs StateSet Sandbox

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor 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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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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 each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.119 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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