Hugging Face Sandboxes vs MIOSA

Hugging Face Sandboxes costs $0.005 per vCPU-hour and MIOSA costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour. Hugging Face Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. MIOSA runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Hugging Face Sandboxes

Isolated cloud machines for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Hugging Face Sandboxes profile

MIOSA

Cloud sandboxes and persistent computers that AI agents use to build and run software.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $10 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site MIOSA profile

What is different

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

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Hugging Face Sandboxes

MIOSA

vCPU, per hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included; MIOSA: $0.01458
Billing: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; MIOSA: Per second
Idle stop: Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes; MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Isolation: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM; MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Hugging Face Sandboxeshuggingface.co/docs/hub/jobs-pricinghuggingface.co

MIOSAmiosa.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; MIOSA: $0.04536
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included; MIOSA: $0.01458
Storage: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Paid plan from: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: $500 / month
Billing: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; MIOSA: Per second

Limits

Max session: Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours; MIOSA: 24 hours
Idle stop: Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes; MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: Up to 250

Platform

Isolation: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM; MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Hugging Face Sandboxes:; MIOSA: Not listed
Snapshots: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA:
Pause and resume: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA:

Developer

SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Integrations: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: MCP

Trust

License: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: Not listed
BYOC: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; MIOSA: Your own AWS, GCP or Azure account

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Hugging Face Sandboxes

MIOSA

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; MIOSA: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010; MIOSA: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020; MIOSA: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hugging Face Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.010 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

MIOSA fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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