Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs Runloop

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs. Runloop runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolated cloud VMs that run commands for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Hyperbrowser Sandboxes profile

Runloop

Devboxes built for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runloop profile

What is different

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

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Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Runloop

vCPU, per hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015; Runloop: $0.0252
Free tier: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan; Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month; Runloop: Pay as you go
Isolation: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM; Runloop: MicroVM
SDKs: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript; Runloop: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015; Runloop: $0.0252
Storage: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan; Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month; Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second; Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM; Runloop: MicroVM
GPU: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Snapshots: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:; Runloop:
Pause and resume: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop:

Developer

SDKs: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript; Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
BYOC: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Runloop

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075; Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150; Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300; Runloop: $0.634

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need SOC 2.

Runloop fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
You want the larger free credit: $50 against $5.

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