Lizard Sandboxes vs Runta

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour and Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Runta runs full VMs.

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

Runta

Isolated computers where AI agents work and keep state.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $50 free credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runta profile

What is different

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

Field

Lizard Sandboxes

Runta

vCPU, per hour: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081; Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Lizard Sandboxes: Included; Runta: $0.0162
Storage: Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month; Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits; Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from: Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month; Runta: Pay as you go
Billing: Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Runta: Per second
Isolation: Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; Runta: Full VM
SDKs: Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python; Runta: Python, TypeScript

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081; Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Lizard Sandboxes: Included; Runta: $0.0162
Storage: Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month; Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits; Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from: Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month; Runta: Pay as you go
Billing: Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Runta: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; Runta: Full VM
GPU: Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
Snapshots: Lizard Sandboxes:; Runta:
Pause and resume: Lizard Sandboxes:; Runta:

Developer

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

Trust

License: Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed
BYOC: Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed; Runta: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Lizard Sandboxes

Runta

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008; Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016; Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032; Runta: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Runta fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.

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