inis.run vs Lizard Sandboxes

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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inis.run

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
€1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session
No limit

Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

inis.run
Lizard Sandboxes
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
inis.run: Pay as you go
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
inis.run: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
inis.run: Included
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
inis.run: Pay as you go
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
inis.run: No limit
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
inis.run: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
inis.run: No
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
inis.run:
Lizard Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
inis.run:
Lizard Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
inis.run: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

inis.run
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

inis.run fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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