Fly.io Sprites vs LangSmith Sandboxes

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour and LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Fly.io Sprites

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

LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Fly.io Sprites
LangSmith Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Trust

License
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
LangSmith Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.189 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $30 against $8.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You use LangChain.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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