Docker Sandboxes vs Runloop
Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs. Runloop runs microVMs.
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Docker Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
7 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Docker Sandboxes
Runloop
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- Runloop: $0.108
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- Runloop: $0.0252
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Runloop: $50 credit
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- Runloop: Per second
- Largest sandbox
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- Runloop: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP
- Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
Docker Sandboxesdocker
Runlooprunloop
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- Runloop: $0.108
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- Runloop: $0.0252
- Storage
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Runloop: $50 credit
- Paid plan from
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Runloop: Pay as you go
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- Runloop: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Runloop: Not listed
- Idle stop
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Runloop: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
- Runloop: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- Runloop: MicroVM
- GPU
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Runloop: Not listed
- Snapshots
- Docker Sandboxes:
- Runloop:
- Pause and resume
- Docker Sandboxes:
- Runloop:
Developer
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- Runloop: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP
- Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Trust
- License
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Runloop: Not listed
- BYOC
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Docker Sandboxes
Runloop
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
- Runloop: $0.158
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
- Runloop: $0.317
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.280
- Runloop: $0.634
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
Docker Sandboxes fits when
- You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Runloop fits when
- You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
- You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
- You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.
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