Freestyle VMs vs inis.run

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Freestyle VMs

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Free plan, $0 forever
Max session
Not listed

inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Freestyle VMs
inis.run
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
inis.run: Included
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
Freestyle VMs: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
inis.run: Up to 10
SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
inis.run: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
inis.run: Included
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
inis.run: Pay as you go
Billing
Freestyle VMs: Per second
inis.run: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
inis.run: No limit
Idle stop
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
inis.run: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
inis.run: Full VM
GPU
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
inis.run: No
Snapshots
Freestyle VMs:
inis.run:
Pause and resume
Freestyle VMs:
inis.run:

Developer

SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
inis.run: Not listed
BYOC
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Freestyle VMs
inis.run
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
inis.run: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
inis.run: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.264
inis.run: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Freestyle VMs fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

inis.run fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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