Freestyle VMs vs Maritime

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. Maritime 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

Maritime

Hosting for persistent AI agents, each in its own micro-VM.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 3 agents, forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Maritime profile

What is different

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

Field

Freestyle VMs

Maritime

Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; Maritime: 3 agents, forever
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; Maritime: $20 / month
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Maritime: 1 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; Maritime: Up to 500
Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; Maritime: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; Maritime: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

Maritimemaritime.sh/pricingmaritime.sh

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; Maritime: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; Maritime: Not listed
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; Maritime: 3 agents, forever
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; Maritime: $20 / month
Billing: Freestyle VMs: Per second; Maritime: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed
Idle stop: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Maritime: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Maritime: 1 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; Maritime: Up to 500

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Freestyle VMs

Maritime

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.066; Maritime: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.132; Maritime: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.264; Maritime: Not listed

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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 need snapshots.
You need a sandbox larger than 1 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Maritime fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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