Runloop vs Superserve

Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour and Superserve costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Runloop runs microVMs. Superserve runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

Superserve

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Runloop
Superserve
vCPU, per hour
Runloop: $0.108
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.0252
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Largest sandbox
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Isolation
Runloop: MicroVM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
Integrations
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Runloop: $0.108
Superserve: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.0252
Superserve: $0.0162
Storage
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Superserve: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
Superserve: Not listed
Paid plan from
Runloop: Pay as you go
Superserve: Pay as you go
Billing
Runloop: Per second
Superserve: Per second

Limits

Max session
Runloop: Not listed
Superserve: No limit
Idle stop
Runloop: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Superserve: 2 vCPU · 2 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Runloop: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Runloop: MicroVM
Superserve: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Runloop: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
Snapshots
Runloop:
Superserve:
Pause and resume
Runloop:
Superserve:

Developer

SDKs
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Superserve: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Superserve: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Runloop: Not listed
Superserve: Not listed
BYOC
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan
Superserve:

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Runloop
Superserve
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Runloop: $0.158
Superserve: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Runloop: $0.317
Superserve: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: $0.634
Superserve: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Runloop fits when

  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 2 GiB.

Superserve fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK or LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need HIPAA and GDPR.

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