Fly.io Sprites vs inis.run

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Fly.io Sprites

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

inis.run

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

What is different

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

Fly.io Sprites
inis.run
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
inis.run: Included
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
inis.run: Full VM
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
inis.run: Included
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
inis.run: No
Snapshots
Fly.io Sprites:
inis.run:
Pause and resume
Fly.io Sprites:
inis.run:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
inis.run: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

inis.run fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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