Freestyle VMs vs Krova Cloud

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour and Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs and offers GPUs. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Freestyle VMs

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

Krova Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Freestyle VMs
Krova Cloud
vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing
Freestyle VMs: Per second
Krova Cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Krova Cloud: No limit
Idle stop
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Krova Cloud: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Freestyle VMs:
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
Freestyle VMs:
Krova Cloud:
Pause and resume
Freestyle VMs:
Krova Cloud:

Developer

SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Freestyle VMs
Krova Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
Krova Cloud: $0.006
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
Krova Cloud: $0.012
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.264
Krova Cloud: $0.024

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Freestyle VMs fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Krova Cloud fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.012 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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