Cua Fleets vs Deno Sandbox

Cua Fleets costs $0.044625 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Cua Fleets runs gVisor. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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Cua Fleets

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

Cua Fleets
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
Cua Fleets: Free
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Billing
Cua Fleets: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
Cua Fleets: Free
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Cua Fleets: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Deno Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Cua Fleets: No
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Cua Fleets: Your AWS, Google Cloud, or Modal account
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cua Fleets
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.089
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.179
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.357
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cua Fleets fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.179 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

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