Deno Sandbox vs Fly.io Sprites

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

Fly.io Sprites

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

What is different

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

Deno Sandbox
Fly.io Sprites
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
GPU
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Snapshots
Deno Sandbox:
Fly.io Sprites:
Pause and resume
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites:

Developer

SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
Fly.io Sprites
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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