EQVPS Sandboxes vs Freestyle VMs
EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs and offers GPUs.
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EQVPS Sandboxes
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Max session
- 720 hours
Freestyle VMs
- Isolation
- Full VM
- Free tier
- Free plan, $0 forever
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
10 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
EQVPS Sandboxes
Freestyle VMs
- vCPU, per hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
- Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
- Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
- Storage
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
- Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
- Paid plan from
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
- Largest sandbox
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
- Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
- Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
- Isolation
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- Freestyle VMs: Full VM
- SDKs
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
- Integrations
- EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
- Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
EQVPS Sandboxeseqvps
Freestyle VMsfreestyle
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
- Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
- Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
- Storage
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
- Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
- Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
- Paid plan from
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
- Billing
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
- Freestyle VMs: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
- Freestyle VMs: Not listed
- Idle stop
- EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
- Freestyle VMs: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
- Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
- Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Platform
- Isolation
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- Freestyle VMs: Full VM
- GPU
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Freestyle VMs:
- Snapshots
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Freestyle VMs:
- Pause and resume
- EQVPS Sandboxes:
- Freestyle VMs:
Developer
- SDKs
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
- Integrations
- EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
- Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code
Trust
- License
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Freestyle VMs: Not listed
- BYOC
- EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
- Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
EQVPS Sandboxes
Freestyle VMs
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
- Freestyle VMs: $0.066
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
- Freestyle VMs: $0.132
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
- Freestyle VMs: $0.264
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
EQVPS Sandboxes fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
- You use MCP.
- You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Freestyle VMs fits when
- You need GPUs.
- You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
- You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
- You need snapshots.
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