inis.run vs Prime Sandboxes

Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit. Prime Sandboxes runs 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

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

inis.run
Prime Sandboxes
RAM, per GiB-hour
inis.run: Included
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
inis.run: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
inis.run: Included
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
inis.run: Pay as you go
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
inis.run: No limit
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
inis.run: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
inis.run: No
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
inis.run:
Prime Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
inis.run:
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

inis.run
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

inis.run fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

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

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