Fly.io Sprites vs Prized Sandboxes

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs Firecracker microVMs. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Fly.io Sprites

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 trial credit
Max session
Not listed

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Fly.io Sprites
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: Firecracker microVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots
Fly.io Sprites:
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Fly.io Sprites:
Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You use MCP, the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.130 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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