inis.run vs Sandbox as a Service

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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inis.run

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

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

inis.run
Sandbox as a Service
Free tier
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Max session
inis.run: No limit
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
SDKs
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
inis.run: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
inis.run: Included
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
inis.run: Pay as you go
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
inis.run: Bundled machine time
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
inis.run: No limit
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
inis.run: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
inis.run: Up to 10
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
inis.run: Full VM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
inis.run: No
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
inis.run:
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
inis.run:
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
inis.run: Python, TypeScript
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
inis.run: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

inis.run
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
inis.run: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

inis.run fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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