MIOSA vs Zipbox

MIOSA costs $0.0496 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. MIOSA runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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MIOSA

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 of usage every month
Max session
24 hours

Zipbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

MIOSA
Zipbox
vCPU, per hour
MIOSA: $0.0496
Zipbox: $0.00685
Storage
MIOSA: Disk $0.10 per GiB a month while the machine runs. Paused disk and named snapshots $0.02 per GiB a month
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
MIOSA: $1 of usage every month
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
MIOSA: $20 / month
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Max session
MIOSA: 24 hours
Zipbox: No limit
Largest sandbox
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Snapshots
MIOSA:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
MIOSA:
Zipbox: No
SDKs
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
MIOSA: MCP, Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
MIOSA: $0.0496
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
MIOSA: Included
Zipbox: Included
Storage
MIOSA: Disk $0.10 per GiB a month while the machine runs. Paused disk and named snapshots $0.02 per GiB a month
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
MIOSA: $1 of usage every month
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
MIOSA: $20 / month
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
MIOSA: Bundled machine time
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
MIOSA: 24 hours
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
MIOSA: After 30 minutes
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
MIOSA: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
MIOSA: Up to 100
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
MIOSA: Firecracker microVM
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
MIOSA: No
Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots
MIOSA:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
MIOSA:
Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs
MIOSA: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
MIOSA: MCP, Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
MIOSA: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
MIOSA: Your own AWS or Google Cloud account, or your own servers through OpenComputers
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

MIOSA
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
MIOSA: $0.050
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
MIOSA: $0.099
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
MIOSA: $0.198
Zipbox: $0.027

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

MIOSA fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 6 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Zipbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.099 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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