Runloop vs Sendblue Sandboxes

Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour and Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. Runloop runs microVMs. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

Updated Oct 15, 2026

Runloop

Devboxes built for coding agents.

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

Visit site Runloop profile

Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolated cloud Linux machines that AI agents control over an HTTP API.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Sendblue Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Runloop

Sendblue Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Runloop: $0.108; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour: Runloop: $0.0252; Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Free tier: Runloop: $50 credit; Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Billing: Runloop: Per second; Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox: Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation: Runloop: MicroVM; Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
Pause and resume: Runloop:; Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Runlooprunloop.ai/pricing

Sendblue Sandboxessendblue.com/sandboxessendblue.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Runloop: $0.108; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour: Runloop: $0.0252; Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Storage: Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier: Runloop: $50 credit; Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from: Runloop: Pay as you go; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Runloop: Per second; Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Runloop: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Runloop: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox: Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB; Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Runloop: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation: Runloop: MicroVM; Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
GPU: Runloop: Not listed; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Runloop:; Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: Runloop:; Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Runloop

Sendblue Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Runloop: $0.158; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Runloop: $0.317; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Runloop: $0.634; Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

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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 the OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP or Claude Code.
You want the lower list price: $0.317 against $0.330 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.

Sendblue Sandboxes fits when

You want the larger free credit: $100 against $50.

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