Fly.io Sprites vs RemoteHost

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Fly.io Sprites

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

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Fly.io Sprites
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
RemoteHost: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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