LangSmith Sandboxes vs Runloop

LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs. Runloop runs microVMs.

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LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

LangSmith Sandboxes
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Runloop: $50 credit
Isolation
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Runloop: MicroVM
Integrations
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Runloop: MicroVM
GPU
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Snapshots
LangSmith Sandboxes:
Runloop:
Pause and resume
LangSmith Sandboxes:
Runloop:

Developer

SDKs
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

LangSmith Sandboxes
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378
Runloop: $0.634

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You use LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.189 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Runloop fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the larger free credit: $50 against $8.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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