Fly.io Sprites vs Koyeb Sandboxes

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour and Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Fly.io Sprites

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

Koyeb Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Fly.io Sprites
Koyeb Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Fly.io Sprites:
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Fly.io Sprites:
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
Koyeb Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.029 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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