Freestyle VMs vs Superserve

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Freestyle VMs

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

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Freestyle VMs
Superserve
vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Superserve: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Isolation
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Superserve: Not listed
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
Freestyle VMs: Per second
Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Superserve: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
BYOC
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Superserve:

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Freestyle VMs
Superserve
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.264
Superserve: $0.331

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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 want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 2 GiB.

Superserve fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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