Mosaic Sandbox vs Runta

Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour and Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Mosaic Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Runta runs full VMs.

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Mosaic Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Runta

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

What is different

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

Mosaic Sandbox
Runta
vCPU, per hour
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Billing
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time
Runta: Per second
Isolation
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Runta: Full VM
SDKs
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP
Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Runta: Pay as you go
Billing
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time
Runta: Per second

Limits

Max session
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
Idle stop
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Runta: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200
Runta: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Runta: Full VM
GPU
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
Snapshots
Mosaic Sandbox:
Runta:
Pause and resume
Mosaic Sandbox:
Runta:

Developer

SDKs
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP
Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
BYOC
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Mosaic Sandbox
Runta
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050
Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100
Runta: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.050 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Runta fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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