exe.dev vs Runloop

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. Runloop runs microVMs.

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exe.dev

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session
Not listed

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

exe.dev
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Runloop: Per second
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
Runloop: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
exe.dev: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
exe.dev: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
exe.dev: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
Runloop: MicroVM
GPU
exe.dev: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Snapshots
exe.dev: Not listed
Runloop:
Pause and resume
exe.dev: Not listed
Runloop:

Developer

SDKs
exe.dev: Not listed
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
exe.dev: Not listed
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
exe.dev: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
exe.dev: Enterprise plan
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

exe.dev
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
exe.dev: $0.053
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
exe.dev: $0.105
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: $0.210
Runloop: $0.634

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.105 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 64 GiB.

Runloop fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.

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