Lizard Sandboxes vs Runloop

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Runloop runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Lizard Sandboxes

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session: No limit

Visit site Lizard Sandboxes profile

Runloop

Devboxes built for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runloop profile

What is different

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

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Lizard Sandboxes

Runloop

vCPU, per hour: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Lizard Sandboxes: Included; Runloop: $0.0252
Storage: Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month; Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits; Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month; Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing: Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Runloop: Per second
Largest sandbox: Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation: Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; Runloop: MicroVM
SDKs: Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python; Runloop: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Runlooprunloop.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Lizard Sandboxes: Included; Runloop: $0.0252
Storage: Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month; Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits; Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month; Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing: Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session: Lizard Sandboxes: No limit; Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop: Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100; Runloop: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python; Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Lizard Sandboxes

Runloop

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008; Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016; Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032; Runloop: $0.634

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.016 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.
You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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