E2B vs inis.run

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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E2B

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

inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

E2B
inis.run
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
inis.run: Included
Storage
E2B: Free
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Max session
E2B: 24 hours
inis.run: No limit
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
inis.run: Up to 10
Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
inis.run: Full VM
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
inis.run: Included
Storage
E2B: Free
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
E2B: No
inis.run: No
Snapshots
E2B:
inis.run:
Pause and resume
E2B:
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
inis.run: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

inis.run fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.

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