InstaVM vs Runloop
InstaVM costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. InstaVM runs Firecracker microVMs. Runloop runs microVMs.
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InstaVM
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $50 credit
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
5 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
InstaVM
Runloop
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- Runloop: $0.108
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Runloop: $0.0252
- Storage
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Runloop: Pay as you go
- Isolation
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- Runloop: MicroVM
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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Runlooprunloop
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- InstaVM: $0.0504
- Runloop: $0.108
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- InstaVM: $0.0162
- Runloop: $0.0252
- Storage
- InstaVM: $0.0002 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
- Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- InstaVM: $50 credit
- Runloop: $50 credit
- Paid plan from
- InstaVM: $100 / month
- Runloop: Pay as you go
- Billing
- InstaVM: Per second
- Runloop: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Runloop: Not listed
- Idle stop
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Runloop: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- InstaVM: Up to 100
- Runloop: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- InstaVM: Firecracker microVM
- Runloop: MicroVM
- GPU
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Runloop: Not listed
- Snapshots
- InstaVM:
- Runloop:
- Pause and resume
- InstaVM:
- Runloop:
Developer
- SDKs
- InstaVM: Python, TypeScript
- Runloop: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Trust
- License
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Runloop: Not listed
- BYOC
- InstaVM: Not listed
- Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
InstaVM
Runloop
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.083
- Runloop: $0.158
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.166
- Runloop: $0.317
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- InstaVM: $0.331
- Runloop: $0.634
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
InstaVM fits when
- You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Runloop fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
- You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
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