Freestyle VMs vs Together Sandbox

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Freestyle VMs

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

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Freestyle VMs
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
Freestyle VMs: Full VM
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.04032
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Freestyle VMs: $0.0129
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Freestyle VMs: $50 / month
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Freestyle VMs: Per second
Together Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Freestyle VMs: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Freestyle VMs: Up to 400
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Freestyle VMs: JavaScript
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Freestyle VMs
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.066
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.132
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Freestyle VMs: $0.264
Together Sandbox: $0.298

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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 the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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