Fly.io Sprites vs StateSet Sandbox

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs Firecracker microVMs. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor 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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Fly.io Sprites
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: Firecracker microVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: Firecracker microVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Fly.io Sprites:
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Fly.io Sprites:
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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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 the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the larger free credit: $30 against $25.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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