Freestyle VMs vs RemoteHost

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Freestyle VMs

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

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Freestyle VMs
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Freestyle VMs: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Isolation
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK
RemoteHost: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Freestyle VMs: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK
RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Freestyle VMs
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.264
RemoteHost: 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 a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

RemoteHost fits when

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

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