Cua Fleets vs InstaVM

Cua Fleets costs $0.044625 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Cua Fleets runs gVisor. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Cua Fleets

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

InstaVM

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Cua Fleets
InstaVM
vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
Cua Fleets: Free
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Isolation
Cua Fleets: gVisor
InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
Pause and resume
Cua Fleets: No
InstaVM:
SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage
Cua Fleets: Free
InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
Cua Fleets: Not listed
InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Cua Fleets: Not listed
InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing
Cua Fleets: Per second
InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cua Fleets: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop
Cua Fleets: Not listed
InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cua Fleets: Not listed
InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cua Fleets
InstaVM
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.089
InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.179
InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.357
InstaVM: $0.331

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

InstaVM fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.179 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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