OmniRun vs Sandbox as a Service

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. OmniRun runs Firecracker microVMs. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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OmniRun

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

OmniRun
Sandbox as a Service
Concurrent sandboxes
OmniRun: Up to 3
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Isolation
OmniRun: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
SDKs
OmniRun: TypeScript
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
OmniRun: After 15 minutes
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
OmniRun: Up to 3
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
OmniRun: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
OmniRun: TypeScript
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

OmniRun
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
OmniRun: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

OmniRun fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.

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