Novita Sandbox vs Solari

Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour and Solari costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 3 hours. Solari runs Cloud Hypervisor microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Novita Sandbox

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

Solari

Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier
$3 credit every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Novita Sandbox
Solari
vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Max session
Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
Solari: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Solari: Up to 10
SDKs
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Novita Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit after a setup survey, no card
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Billing
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Solari: Per second

Limits

Max session
Novita Sandbox: 3 hours
Solari: 24 hours
Idle stop
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
Solari: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
GPU
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Snapshots
Novita Sandbox:
Solari:
Pause and resume
Novita Sandbox:
Solari:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
BYOC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Solari: Enterprise plan, in your own VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Novita Sandbox
Solari
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
Solari: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
Solari: $0.171
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Novita Sandbox: $0.233
Solari: $0.342

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.171 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $3.

Solari fits when

  • A session must run longer than 3 hours.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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