Fly.io Sprites vs Superserve

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Fly.io Sprites

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

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
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
Superserve
vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Superserve: Per second
Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Superserve: Not listed
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
BYOC
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Superserve:

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
Superserve
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
Superserve: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Superserve fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK or LangChain.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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