EQVPS Sandboxes vs Fly.io Sprites

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Fly.io Sprites runs Firecracker microVMs.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

Fly.io Sprites

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 trial credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Fly.io Sprites: Firecracker microVM
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites:
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Fly.io Sprites:

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the larger free credit: $30 against $1.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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