Cua Fleets vs Fly.io Sprites

Cua Fleets costs $0.044625 per vCPU-hour and Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. Cua Fleets runs gVisor. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs.

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Cua Fleets

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Fly.io Sprites

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 trial credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Cua Fleets
Fly.io Sprites
vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
Cua Fleets: Free
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Billing
Cua Fleets: Per second
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
Pause and resume
Cua Fleets: No
Fly.io Sprites:
SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
Cua Fleets: Free
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Paid plan from
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Billing
Cua Fleets: Per second
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Idle stop
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
GPU
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Snapshots
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites:
Pause and resume
Cua Fleets: No
Fly.io Sprites:

Developer

SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
BYOC
Cua Fleets: Your AWS, Google Cloud, or Modal account
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cua Fleets
Fly.io Sprites
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.089
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.179
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.357
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cua Fleets fits when

  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2.

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.179 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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