Freestyle VMs vs LangSmith Sandboxes

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour and LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Freestyle VMs

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

LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Freestyle VMs
LangSmith Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Freestyle VMs: Per second
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Freestyle VMs:
LangSmith Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Freestyle VMs:
LangSmith Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Trust

License
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Freestyle VMs
LangSmith Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.264
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378

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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 $0.189 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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