Isorun vs OpenPond Sandboxes

Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour and OpenPond Sandboxes costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Isorun runs microVMs. OpenPond Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Isorun

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

OpenPond Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Isorun
OpenPond Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Isorun: $0.025
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Isorun: $0.015
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Isorun: $50 credit
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
Isorun: Pay as you go
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Idle stop
Isorun: After 5 minutes
OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
Isolation
Isorun: MicroVM
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Isorun: $0.025
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Isorun: $0.015
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Isorun: $50 credit
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
Isorun: Pay as you go
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Billing
Isorun: Per second
OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Isorun: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Isorun: After 5 minutes
OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Isorun: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Isorun: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Isorun: MicroVM
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Isorun: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Isorun:
OpenPond Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Isorun:
OpenPond Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Isorun: TypeScript
OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Isorun: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Isorun: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Isorun
OpenPond Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Isorun: $0.055
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isorun: $0.110
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isorun: $0.220
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Isorun fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.110 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

OpenPond Sandboxes fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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