Freestyle VMs vs InstaVM

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour and InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Freestyle VMs

Full Linux virtual machines for AI agents.

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

Visit site Freestyle VMs profile

InstaVM

Hardware-isolated microVMs for AI agent code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site InstaVM profile

What is different

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

Field

Freestyle VMs

InstaVM

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; InstaVM: $100 / month
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; InstaVM: Up to 100
Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

InstaVMinstavm.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; InstaVM: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; InstaVM: $0.0162
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; InstaVM: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; InstaVM: $100 / month
Billing: Freestyle VMs: Per second; InstaVM: Per second

Limits

Max session: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Idle stop: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; InstaVM: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; InstaVM: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
Snapshots: Freestyle VMs:; InstaVM:
Pause and resume: Freestyle VMs:; InstaVM:

Developer

SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK; InstaVM: Not listed

Trust

License: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed
BYOC: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; InstaVM: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Freestyle VMs

InstaVM

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.066; InstaVM: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.132; InstaVM: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.264; InstaVM: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Freestyle VMs fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

InstaVM fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

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