Deno Sandbox vs Runta

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. Runta runs full VMs.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

Runta

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$50 free credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Deno Sandbox
Runta
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Runta: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Runta: Per second
Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Runta: Full VM
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Runta: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Runta: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Runta: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Runta: Full VM
GPU
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
Snapshots
Deno Sandbox:
Runta:
Pause and resume
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Runta:

Developer

SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
Runta
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
Runta: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

Runta fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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