Freestyle VMs vs Runloop

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. Runloop runs 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

Runloop

Devboxes built for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runloop profile

What is different

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

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Freestyle VMs

Runloop

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; Runloop: $0.0252
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; Runloop: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; Runloop: MicroVM
SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK; Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

Runlooprunloop.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; Runloop: $0.0252
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing: Freestyle VMs: Per second; Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; Runloop: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; Runloop: MicroVM
GPU: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Snapshots: Freestyle VMs:; Runloop:
Pause and resume: Freestyle VMs:; Runloop:

Developer

SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK; Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
BYOC: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Freestyle VMs

Runloop

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.066; Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.132; Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.264; Runloop: $0.634

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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 Claude Agent SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 64 GiB.

Runloop 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 need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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