Runloop vs Sandock

Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. Runloop runs microVMs. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Runloop
Sandock
Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Runloop: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Largest sandbox
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Runloop: MicroVM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Runloop: $0.108
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.0252
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Runloop: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
Runloop: Per second
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Runloop: Not listed
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
Runloop: Not listed
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Runloop: Not listed
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation
Runloop: MicroVM
Sandock: Container
GPU
Runloop: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots
Runloop:
Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume
Runloop:
Sandock:

Developer

SDKs
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Sandock: MCP

Trust

License
Runloop: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Runloop
Sandock
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Runloop: $0.158
Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Runloop: $0.317
Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: $0.634
Sandock: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Runloop fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want to start without paying.

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