Novita Sandbox vs Runloop

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours. Runloop runs microVMs.

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Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Novita Sandbox
Runloop
vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Runloop: $50 credit
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runloop: MicroVM
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Runloop:
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
Runloop:

Developer

SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Runloop: $0.634

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $50.

Runloop fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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