Fly.io Sprites vs Novita Sandbox

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Fly.io Sprites

Persistent Linux computers that sleep when idle.

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

Visit site Fly.io Sprites profile

Novita Sandbox

Cloud sandboxes for AI agents to run code and browsers.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: $100 promotional credit
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Novita Sandbox profile

What is different

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

Field

Fly.io Sprites

Novita Sandbox

vCPU, per hour: Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385; Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour: Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875; Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage: Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour; Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier: Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit; Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Billing: Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only; Novita Sandbox: Per second
SDKs: Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go; Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Fly.io Spritesfly.io/pricing

Novita Sandboxnovita.ai/sandbox

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385; Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour: Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875; Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage: Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour; Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier: Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit; Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from: Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go; Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only; Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: Fly.io Sprites: Not listed; Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop: Fly.io Sprites: Not listed; Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Fly.io Sprites: Not listed; Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Fly.io Sprites: Not listed; Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM; Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU: Fly.io Sprites: Not listed; Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Fly.io Sprites:; Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume: Fly.io Sprites:; Novita Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go; Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK; Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Fly.io Sprites: Not listed; Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Fly.io Sprites: Not listed; Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Fly.io Sprites

Novita Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Fly.io Sprites: $0.082; Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Fly.io Sprites: $0.165; Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Fly.io Sprites: $0.329; Novita Sandbox: $0.233

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Novita Sandbox fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want the larger free credit: $100 against $30.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Fly.io Sprites

Novita Sandbox

What is different

Full comparison

Pricing

Limits

Platform

Developer

Trust

Hourly cost

Which one fits

Fly.io Sprites fits when

Novita Sandbox fits when

More comparisons

Related

Compare

Pricing

Browse