Freestyle VMs vs Novita Sandbox

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

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Freestyle VMs

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

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Freestyle VMs
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Freestyle VMs: Per second
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Freestyle VMs:
Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Freestyle VMs:
Novita Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code

Trust

License
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Freestyle VMs
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.264
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Freestyle VMs fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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