Runloop vs Solari

Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour and Solari costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. Runloop runs microVMs. Solari runs Cloud Hypervisor microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

Solari

Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVM
Free tier
$3 credit every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Runloop
Solari
vCPU, per hour
Runloop: $0.108
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.0252
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
Runloop: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Largest sandbox
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Runloop: MicroVM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
SDKs
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Runloop: $0.108
Solari: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.0252
Solari: $0.0165
Storage
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Solari: Snapshots $0.05 per GB-month, the first 10 GB per organization free, from October 1, 2026.
Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
Solari: $3 credit every month
Paid plan from
Runloop: Pay as you go
Solari: $20 / month
Billing
Runloop: Per second
Solari: Per second

Limits

Max session
Runloop: Not listed
Solari: 24 hours
Idle stop
Runloop: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Solari: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Runloop: Not listed
Solari: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Runloop: MicroVM
Solari: Cloud Hypervisor microVM
GPU
Runloop: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
Snapshots
Runloop:
Solari:
Pause and resume
Runloop:
Solari:

Developer

SDKs
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Solari: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Solari: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Runloop: Not listed
Solari: Not listed
BYOC
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan
Solari: Enterprise plan, in your own VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Runloop
Solari
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Runloop: $0.158
Solari: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Runloop: $0.317
Solari: $0.171
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: $0.634
Solari: $0.342

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 use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the larger free credit: $50 against $3.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Solari fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.171 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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