Cua Fleets vs Prime Sandboxes

Cua Fleets costs $0.044625 per vCPU-hour and Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Cua Fleets runs gVisor. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit.

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Cua Fleets

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Cua Fleets
Prime Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Cua Fleets: Free
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Cua Fleets: Free
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Cua Fleets: Per second
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

Isolation
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Cua Fleets: No
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cua Fleets
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.089
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.179
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.357
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.179 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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