MIOSA vs Runloop

MIOSA costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. MIOSA runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Runloop runs microVMs.

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MIOSA

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$10 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

MIOSA
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
MIOSA: $0.04536
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
MIOSA: $0.01458
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
MIOSA: $500 / month
Runloop: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
Runloop: MicroVM
SDKs
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
MIOSA: MCP
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
MIOSA: $0.04536
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
MIOSA: $0.01458
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
MIOSA: $500 / month
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
MIOSA: Per second
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
MIOSA: 24 hours
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
MIOSA: Up to 250
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
MIOSA: MCP
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
MIOSA: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
MIOSA: Your own AWS, GCP or Azure account
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

MIOSA
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
MIOSA: $0.075
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
MIOSA: $0.149
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
MIOSA: $0.298
Runloop: $0.634

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

MIOSA fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

Runloop fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude Code.
  • You want the larger free credit: $50 against $10.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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