Fly.io Sprites vs Sandbox0

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Fly.io Sprites

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

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Fly.io Sprites
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: Free
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Sandbox0: Memory only
Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: Free
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
Fly.io Sprites:
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
Fly.io Sprites:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
Sandbox0: $0.120

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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