Hugging Face Sandboxes vs OmniRun

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

Updated Oct 14, 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

OmniRun

Sandboxes on Firecracker microVMs, self-hosted or managed.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site OmniRun profile

What is different

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

Field

Hugging Face Sandboxes

OmniRun

Idle stop: Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes; OmniRun: After 15 minutes
Isolation: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Full VM; OmniRun: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; OmniRun: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

OmniRunomnirun.io

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; OmniRun: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Included; OmniRun: Not listed
Storage: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed
Free tier: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed
Paid plan from: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed
Billing: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; OmniRun: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Hugging Face Sandboxes: 24 hours; OmniRun: Not listed
Idle stop: Hugging Face Sandboxes: After 10 minutes; OmniRun: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; OmniRun: Up to 3

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Python; OmniRun: TypeScript
Integrations: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed

Trust

License: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed
BYOC: Hugging Face Sandboxes: Not listed; OmniRun: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Hugging Face Sandboxes

OmniRun

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.005; OmniRun: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.010; OmniRun: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Hugging Face Sandboxes: $0.020; OmniRun: Not listed

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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.

OmniRun fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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