E2B vs Fly.io Sprites

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs.

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E2B

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

Fly.io Sprites

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

What is different

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

E2B
Fly.io Sprites
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
E2B: Free
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
E2B: Free
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
GPU
E2B: No
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Snapshots
E2B:
Fly.io Sprites:
Pause and resume
E2B:
Fly.io Sprites:

Developer

SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Fly.io Sprites
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $30.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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