Novita Sandbox vs Runtime

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour and Runtime costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 3 hours. Runtime runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
Max session
3 hours

Runtime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Novita Sandbox
Runtime
vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Runtime: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Runtime: $0.0075
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Runtime: $0.000119 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
Runtime: 100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Runtime: Active CPU time only
Max session
Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
Runtime: No limit
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runtime: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Runtime: Up to 200
SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Runtime: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
Runtime: OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Runtime: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Runtime: $0.0075
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Runtime: $0.000119 per GiB-hour after 10 free GiB
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
Runtime: 100 hours of a 1 GB machine in the first 30 days
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Runtime: Pay as you go
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Runtime: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
Runtime: No limit
Idle stop
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runtime: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runtime: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Runtime: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runtime: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runtime: No
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Runtime:
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
Runtime:

Developer

SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Runtime: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Java
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
Runtime: OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runtime: Not listed
BYOC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Runtime: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
Runtime
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
Runtime: $0.040
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
Runtime: $0.080
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Runtime: $0.160

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Runtime fits when

  • A session must run longer than 3 hours.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.080 against $0.117 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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