Runloop vs Sandbox0

Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Runloop runs microVMs. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Runloop

Devboxes built for coding agents.

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

Visit site Runloop profile

Sandbox0

Long-running agent sandboxes with durable storage.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Sandbox0 profile

What is different

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

Field

Runloop

Sandbox0

vCPU, per hour: Runloop: $0.108; Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Runloop: $0.0252; Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage: Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour; Sandbox0: Free
Billing: Runloop: Per second; Sandbox0: Memory only
Isolation: Runloop: MicroVM; Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs: Runloop: Python, TypeScript; Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP; Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Runlooprunloop.ai/pricing

Sandbox0sandbox0.ai/pricingsandbox0.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Runloop: $0.108; Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Runloop: $0.0252; Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage: Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour; Sandbox0: Free
Free tier: Runloop: $50 credit; Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from: Runloop: Pay as you go; Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing: Runloop: Per second; Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Runloop: Not listed; Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop: Runloop: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Runloop: Not listed; Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation: Runloop: MicroVM; Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU: Runloop: Not listed; Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots: Runloop:; Sandbox0:
Pause and resume: Runloop:; Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs: Runloop: Python, TypeScript; Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations: Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP; Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License: Runloop: Not listed; Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan; Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Runloop

Sandbox0

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Runloop: $0.158; Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Runloop: $0.317; Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Runloop: $0.634; Sandbox0: $0.120

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Runloop fits when

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

Sandbox0 fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You use LangChain.
You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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