RemoteHost vs Runta

Runta costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. Runta runs full VMs.

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RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

Runta

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

What is different

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

RemoteHost
Runta
RAM, per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Included
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
RemoteHost: Free
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Runta: Pay as you go
Billing
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Runta: Per second
Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Runta: Full VM
SDKs
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
RemoteHost: MCP
Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runta: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Included
Runta: $0.0162
Storage
RemoteHost: Free
Runta: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Runta: $50 free credit
Paid plan from
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Runta: Pay as you go
Billing
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Runta: Per second

Limits

Max session
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Runta: Not listed
Idle stop
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
Largest sandbox
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Runta: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Runta: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Runta: Full VM
GPU
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
Snapshots
RemoteHost:
Runta:
Pause and resume
RemoteHost:
Runta:

Developer

SDKs
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Runta: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
RemoteHost: MCP
Runta: OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runta: Not listed
BYOC
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own
Runta: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

RemoteHost
Runta
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runta: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runta: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runta: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

RemoteHost fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Runta fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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