Prized Sandboxes vs Runloop

Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Runloop runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Prized Sandboxes

Linux microVMs in beta that your code creates, runs commands in, pauses, forks and deletes.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $30 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Prized Sandboxes profile

Runloop

Devboxes built for coding agents.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: $50 credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Runloop profile

What is different

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

Field

Prized Sandboxes

Runloop

vCPU, per hour: Prized Sandboxes: $0.04; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125; Runloop: $0.0252
Storage: Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time; Runloop: $50 credit
Largest sandbox: Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation: Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; Runloop: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Prized Sandboxesprized.dev/pricing

Runlooprunloop.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Prized Sandboxes: $0.04; Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour: Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125; Runloop: $0.0252
Storage: Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour; Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time; Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from: Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing: Prized Sandboxes: Per second; Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session: Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours; Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB; Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20; Runloop: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM; Runloop: MicroVM
GPU: Prized Sandboxes: No; Runloop: Not listed
Snapshots: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop:
Pause and resume: Prized Sandboxes:; Runloop:

Developer

SDKs: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: Not listed
BYOC: Prized Sandboxes: Not listed; Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Prized Sandboxes

Runloop

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Prized Sandboxes: $0.065; Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Prized Sandboxes: $0.130; Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Prized Sandboxes: $0.260; Runloop: $0.634

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Prized Sandboxes fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.130 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 64 GiB.

Runloop fits when

You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP or Claude Code.
You want the larger free credit: $50 against $30.
You need snapshots.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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