Runloop vs Together Sandbox

Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. Runloop runs microVMs. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Runloop
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Runloop: $0.108
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.0252
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Largest sandbox
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
Runloop: MicroVM
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Runloop: $0.108
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Runloop: $0.0252
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Runloop: $50 credit
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Runloop: Pay as you go
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Runloop: Per second
Together Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Runloop: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Runloop: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Runloop: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Runloop
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Runloop: $0.158
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Runloop: $0.317
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Runloop: $0.634
Together Sandbox: $0.298

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Runloop fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.149 against $0.317 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 64 GiB.

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