Fly.io Sprites vs Vercel Sandbox

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Fly.io Sprites

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

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
5 CPU-hours every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Fly.io Sprites
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Code
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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 MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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