Freestyle VMs vs Sandock

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Sandock profile

What is different

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

Field

Freestyle VMs

Sandock

Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; Sandock: $5 / month
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; Sandock: Container
SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK; Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

Sandocksandock.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; Sandock: Not listed
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; Sandock: Not listed
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; Sandock: $5 / month
Billing: Freestyle VMs: Per second; Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; Sandock: Container
GPU: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots: Freestyle VMs:; Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume: Freestyle VMs:; Sandock:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
BYOC: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Freestyle VMs

Sandock

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.066; Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.132; Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.264; Sandock: 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 want to start without paying.
You need snapshots.

Sandock fits when

You use MCP.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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