Novita Sandbox vs Runta

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour and Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours. Runta runs full VMs.

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Novita Sandbox

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

Runta

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

What is different

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

Novita Sandbox
Runta
vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Runta: $50 free credit
SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code
Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Runta: Pay as you go
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Runta: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Full VM
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Runta:
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
Runta:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
BYOC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runta: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
Runta
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Runta: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $50.

Runta fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.

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