MIOSA vs Sandbox as a Service

MIOSA costs $0.04536 per vCPU-hour and Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. MIOSA runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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MIOSA

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

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

MIOSA
Sandbox as a Service
vCPU, per hour
MIOSA: $0.04536
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
MIOSA: $0.01458
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Free tier
MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
MIOSA: $500 / month
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
MIOSA: Per second
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
MIOSA: Up to 250
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Isolation
MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
SDKs
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
MIOSA: $0.04536
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
MIOSA: $0.01458
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
MIOSA: $0.0006147 per GiB-hour
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
MIOSA: $10 credit, one time
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
MIOSA: $500 / month
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
MIOSA: Per second
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
MIOSA: 24 hours
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
MIOSA: Up to 250
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
MIOSA: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
MIOSA:
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
MIOSA:
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
MIOSA: MCP
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
MIOSA: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
MIOSA: Your own AWS, GCP or Azure account
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

MIOSA
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
MIOSA: $0.075
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
MIOSA: $0.149
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
MIOSA: $0.298
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

MIOSA fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the larger free credit: $10 against $5.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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