Compare CreateOS Sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox runs agent and user code in Firecracker micro-VMs, each with its own guest kernel, billed per second with no egress fees. Here is how it compares with 218 sandboxes, dev environments, cloud browsers, clouds, app platforms, CI services and GPU clouds, each checked against the vendor's own pages.
Agent sandboxes
APIs that create isolated machines for agent-written or user-submitted code. The closest like-for-like comparisons.
- CreateOS Sandbox vs E2BA cloud API that gives each AI agent session its own Linux micro-VM, with SDKs for running code, managing files and controlling networking.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker micro-VM, dedicated kernel per sandbox (vendor-stated)
- Pause and resume:
- Keeps filesystem and memory with running processes restored; paused sandboxes kept indefinitely
- CreateOS Sandbox vs DaytonaA sandbox platform for AI-generated code that offers container, Linux VM, Windows and GPU sandboxes through SDKs, an API and a CLI.
- Isolation:
- Container by default (dedicated namespaces, hard limits); Linux VM and Windows classes with their own kernel; GPU containers
- Pause and resume:
- VM sandboxes pause with memory snapshots; containers stop with disk kept or archive to object storage
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ModalA serverless AI compute platform whose Sandboxes API creates isolated containers or VMs on demand, with optional GPUs.
- Isolation:
- gVisor by default and required for GPU; optional VM runtime with its own Linux kernel
- Pause and resume:
- No pause; filesystem and directory snapshots (30-day default TTL); memory snapshots are an early release that expires after 7 days
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Vercel SandboxVercel's on-demand Linux micro-VMs for running untrusted or agent-generated code, billed on active CPU time.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker micro-VM with a dedicated kernel
- Pause and resume:
- Filesystem snapshotted automatically when a session stops; next session resumes from it; memory capture not stated
- CreateOS Sandbox vs BlaxelAn agent infrastructure platform whose perpetual micro-VM sandboxes go into standby when idle and resume with memory intact.
- Isolation:
- Micro-VM per sandbox (vendor-stated); hypervisor not named
- Pause and resume:
- Automatic standby about 15 s after the last connection, keeping memory and filesystem; can last indefinitely
- CreateOS Sandbox vs RunloopA devbox platform of on-demand Linux VMs for AI coding agents, with blueprints, disk snapshots, suspend and resume, and agent evaluation tooling.
- Isolation:
- Micro-VM plus container (vendor-stated)
- Pause and resume:
- Suspend on Pro and above keeps disk and stops compute billing; no memory snapshots
- CreateOS Sandbox vs TensorlakeMicro-VM sandboxes for agents with suspend and resume, memory snapshots and cloning, plus durable versioned filesystems and orchestration.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker and Cloud Hypervisor micro-VMs; gVisor for GPU sandboxes
- Pause and resume:
- Named sandboxes suspend with memory and filesystem; ephemeral sandboxes cannot suspend
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Cloudflare SandboxCloudflare's way to run untrusted code from a Worker, in a Linux container on a Firecracker micro-VM or a JavaScript-only Dynamic Worker.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker micro-VM per container instance; V8 isolate for JavaScript-only Dynamic Workers
- Pause and resume:
- Runs while active and stops after an inactivity timeout; filesystem snapshots in beta, kept 30 days; no memory snapshot published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Agent 37Hosted persistent sandboxes and Linux VMs for agent harnesses such as Hermes, OpenClaw, Claude Code and Codex, billed per minute.
- Isolation:
- gVisor by default (vendor-stated); a VM instance type with its own kernel
- Pause and resume:
- Auto-sleep stops compute and wakes on request; files persist; memory on sleep not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs InstaboxInsForge's service that gives each agent its own Linux VM with a desktop and browser, driven by API, CLI or a TypeScript SDK.
- Isolation:
- Virtual machine with its own kernel and root (vendor-stated); hypervisor not published
- Pause and resume:
- Paused keeps files, memory and processes; auto-pause after 30 minutes idle by default
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Upstash BoxPersistent cloud boxes with Claude Code or Codex built in, billed on active CPU, from the serverless data company Upstash.
- Isolation:
- Isolated container with its own filesystem, process tree and network stack (vendor-stated)
- Pause and resume:
- Auto-pause when idle; filesystem persists, running processes stop
- CreateOS Sandbox vs zipboxA Firecracker micro-VM cloud computer per coding agent, with its own email address, public subdomain and crypto wallets, run from a browser terminal.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker micro-VM under KVM with its own kernel (vendor-stated)
- Pause and resume:
- Archives the disk and stops billing; restore boots the same disk; process survival not stated
- CreateOS Sandbox vs KoyebA serverless compute platform on bare metal that adds programmatic sandboxes, in public preview, for running untrusted and AI-generated code.
- Isolation:
- Micro-VMs on Cloud Hypervisor, on bare metal (vendor-stated)
- Pause and resume:
- Scale to zero with light and deep sleep, wake on request; memory on sleep not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs smol machinesBranchable libkrun micro-VMs that run the same machine on your laptop, on your own servers with open-source smolvm, or in the hosted smol cloud.
- Isolation:
- libkrun micro-VM with its own guest kernel, on KVM, Hypervisor.framework or Windows Hypervisor Platform
- Pause and resume:
- Pause and checkpoints capture RAM, CPU state and disks; cloud checkpoints move between hosts
- CreateOS Sandbox vs SailSail Research's Sailboxes: persistent Linux VMs for long-horizon agents, billed only on the CPU, memory and disk they actually use.
- Isolation:
- Kernel-isolated Linux VM with root (vendor-stated); live-migrated a few times a day
- Pause and resume:
- Pause and sleep save memory and filesystem; open connections survive up to 10 minutes
- CreateOS Sandbox vs RuntimeRuntime Cloud: Firecracker micro-VM sandboxes for agents on servers in Virginia, billed on active CPU and reserved memory.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker micro-VM with its own kernel, on dedicated servers (vendor-stated)
- Pause and resume:
- Keeps memory and processes; idle auto-pause after 60 s by default
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Alibaba Cloud Agent SandboxAlibaba Cloud's managed sandbox service for agent code, browser, desktop and mobile tasks, with an E2B-compatible API and a Kubernetes edition.
- Isolation:
- Independent VM per sandbox (vendor-stated); hypervisor not named
- Pause and resume:
- Deep hibernation snapshots memory and bills disk; light hibernation keeps memory and stops vCPU billing
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ShardfluxServerless Firecracker VMs, called workspaces, that park between agent tool calls with memory kept and wake on the next call.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker micro-VM with its own kernel per workspace
- Pause and resume:
- Parks seconds after the last call with memory kept; can suspend to durable storage
- CreateOS Sandbox vs CoastyA computer-use AI agent platform that runs each session in its own VM, with a REST API, an MCP server and desktop apps.
- Isolation:
- VM per session (vendor-stated); hypervisor not published
- Pause and resume:
- Stop a machine (billed $0.01/hr) and snapshot it
- CreateOS Sandbox vs OpenComputerPersistent Linux VMs for AI agents that can hibernate, resize and checkpoint, now packaged as a platform for deploying long-running agents.
- Isolation:
- Full VM; the vendor's guide describes QEMU on KVM
- Pause and resume:
- Hibernate when idle and resume with full state; checkpoints
- CreateOS Sandbox vs PPIO Agent SandboxPPIO's E2B-compatible, stateful cloud sandbox for AI agents, run in mainland China regions with per-second CPU and RAM billing.
- Isolation:
- Not published (isolated runtime with its own filesystem)
- Pause and resume:
- Keeps filesystem and memory with running processes; resume in about 1 s (vendor-stated)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Morph CloudSnapshot-based cloud VMs for agents and developers that pause with memory and branch one running VM into many copies.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (MorphVM); hypervisor not published
- Pause and resume:
- Snapshots the VM with memory and processes; bills only the snapshot while paused
- CreateOS Sandbox vs RuntaAn agent runtime that adds prompt compression, credential injection and governed egress on top of isolated, checkpointable cloud machines.
- Isolation:
- Not published (an isolated computer per runtime)
- Pause and resume:
- Auto suspend after idle, wake on request; checkpoints capture filesystem and processes; paused bills disk only
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Huawei Cloud AgentArtsHuawei Cloud's enterprise agent platform, paired with AgentSphere, a runtime Huawei describes as an ultra-lightweight agent sandbox.
- Isolation:
- Ultra-lightweight sandbox technology (vendor-stated); technology not named
- Outbound network default:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs InstaVMHosted Firecracker microVMs for agent code, with snapshots, live clone, persistent volumes, egress rules, secret injection, port shares and an SSH CLI.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM with a dedicated kernel, filesystem and network stack
- Pause and resume:
- VMs can be paused and snapshotted; session state is destroyed when the session ends
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Prime IntellectPrime Sandboxes are disposable microVMs booted from Docker images, sized and limited for large agentic RL and evaluation runs.
- Isolation:
- MicroVM booting an OCI/Docker image as root filesystem (vendor-stated)
- Pause and resume:
- Filesystem checkpoints only; memory pause and resume not documented
- CreateOS Sandbox vs FreestyleFull Linux VMs for agent products, with memory-preserving pause, quick snapshots for branching, live resize, firewall rules and HTTPS domains.
- Isolation:
- Full Linux VM with nested virtualization, FUSE and eBPF (vendor-stated); hypervisor not named
- Pause and resume:
- Pause saves memory and resumes the same processes; persistent VMs need a paid plan
- CreateOS Sandbox vs RailwayOn-demand isolated Linux VMs inside a Railway environment, driven by a TypeScript SDK, the Railway CLI or the dashboard.
- Isolation:
- Fully isolated virtual machine; hypervisor not named
- Pause and resume:
- No memory pause documented; named disk checkpoints, new sandboxes boot fresh
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ReplicasA hosted background coding-agent service that runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Opencode in per-task Linux VMs and returns pull requests.
- Isolation:
- Isolated VM per workspace; hypervisor not named
- Pause and resume:
- Workspaces sleep (files kept, wake on next message); memory preservation not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs IsorunHosted microVM sandboxes built from any OCI image, with fork, hibernate, egress rules and host-side credential injection for agent code.
- Isolation:
- MicroVM with its own guest kernel (KVM)
- Pause and resume:
- Hibernate keeps filesystem, memory and processes; outbound TCP resets on resume
- CreateOS Sandbox vs tamaGPU-capable Linux VMs for agents, run from one CLI or Python and TypeScript SDKs, with stop-to-snapshot billing, warm restore and forks.
- Isolation:
- Linux VM; hypervisor not named
- Pause and resume:
- Stop snapshots the machine and pauses billing; warm restore with processes and GPU memory if memory was captured
- CreateOS Sandbox vs NovitaNovita AI, an LLM API and GPU cloud provider, also sells stateful agent sandboxes with pause, memory snapshots, egress rules and computer use.
- Isolation:
- Not published (isolated runtime with its own filesystem)
- Pause and resume:
- Keeps filesystem and memory, stops CPU/RAM billing; resume in about a second (vendor-stated)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs HopxHosted lightweight-VM sandboxes for AI agents, with code execution in four languages, pause and resume, preview URLs, desktop automation and per-second billing.
- Isolation:
- Lightweight VM with dedicated kernel (vendor-stated); hypervisor not named
- Pause and resume:
- Pause keeps full state including memory; stop keeps files only
- CreateOS Sandbox vs CollimateFirecracker microVM sandboxes built around live fork: warm a VM once, then clone it with process memory into many copies for RL or agents.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM (KVM)
- Pause and resume:
- Suspend snapshots to disk, reclaims RAM and stops CPU/RAM billing; resume keeps memory
- CreateOS Sandbox vs DeclawFirecracker microVM sandboxes with a built-in security proxy that adds PII redaction, prompt-injection scanning, network policy, a credential vault and audit logs.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM; outbound traffic routed through a host-side security proxy
- Pause and resume:
- Pause keeps in-memory state; paused time not billed
- CreateOS Sandbox vs LizardA deployment platform with agent sandboxes: Firecracker VMs in three fixed sizes with pause, fork, snapshots, private previews and hosted apps and databases.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM by default; can fall back to a Kubernetes container sharing the host kernel
- Pause and resume:
- Pause and resume, snapshot and restore; pause stops compute charges
- CreateOS Sandbox vs boxdPersistent KVM microVM Linux machines for developers and agents that fork with memory, snapshot, checkpoint and hibernate when idle.
- Isolation:
- KVM microVM with its own kernel, network stack and disk
- Pause and resume:
- Standby keeps memory warm; hibernate writes memory to disk on idle and wakes on traffic
- CreateOS Sandbox vs shellboxLinux microVM boxes created and managed entirely over SSH, with no signup: your SSH key fingerprint is your account, billed per minute.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM by default, or Cloud Hypervisor for nested virtualization
- Pause and resume:
- Pauses into a memory snapshot 120 s after the last SSH session; resumes on connect
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Celesto CloudHosted microVM computers for AI agents, CI runners and browser use, built on Celesto's open-source Apache-2.0 runtime that also runs locally.
- Isolation:
- MicroVM; open-source runtime uses Firecracker on Linux; cloud backend not stated
- Pause and resume:
- Cloud documents stop and start with files kept; homepage advertises pause/resume
- CreateOS Sandbox vs machine0Persistent NixOS or Ubuntu cloud VMs for agents, run from a CLI or MCP server, up to 60 vCPU or 8 GPUs, billed per minute.
- Isolation:
- Full VM on KVM/QEMU, on DigitalOcean infrastructure
- Pause and resume:
- Suspend saves the disk to an image and deletes the instance; memory not documented; stopped VMs bill full rate
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Alibaba Cloud AgentBayAlibaba Cloud's managed execution platform for agents, with browser, Windows and Linux computer, code-space and Android environments via SDKs and MCP.
- Isolation:
- Enterprise-grade secure containers with permission isolation (vendor-stated)
- Pause and resume:
- Sessions pause (dormant) and resume; what survives not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Volcano Engine AgentKitByteDance's Volcano Engine agent platform, whose built-in tools include an all-in-one sandbox for code, browser, terminal and file operations.
- Isolation:
- Not published (independent sandbox per session_id)
- Pause and resume:
- Not published (instance reused by session_id until it expires)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs BeamA serverless GPU and CPU cloud whose sandboxes are programmable containers with snapshots, public preview URLs and optional GPUs, built on open-source Beta9.
- Isolation:
- Container; runtime not named
- Pause and resume:
- Lifetime-based (TTL); memory snapshots on supported runtimes
- CreateOS Sandbox vs StateSet SandboxKubernetes-pod sandboxes with gVisor runtime support and preinstalled agent tools, from commerce-automation company StateSet, with cheap preemptible shared capacity.
- Isolation:
- Kubernetes pod per sandbox with gVisor runtime support, non-root
- Pause and resume:
- Durable sandboxes on Pro and Team can pause, stopping compute billing; state kept not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ArkerDurable, elastic VMs for agent workloads on a custom hypervisor, driven by fork, run and sync primitives across AWS, GCP and Arker's own regions.
- Isolation:
- Full VM on Arker's custom hypervisor (vendor-stated)
- Pause and resume:
- Memory and disk persist by default; millisecond snapshot/restore (vendor-stated)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs SolariOne API and one credit balance for cloud browsers, headless code sandboxes and full Linux desktops for AI agents, billed per second.
- Isolation:
- Cloud Hypervisor microVM per sandbox on the default dedicated tier; a cheaper shared tier runs sandboxes as namespace and cgroup processes inside a VM shared only with your org
- Pause and resume:
- Pause saves memory and disk and is the default idle action; named snapshots and revert in place
- CreateOS Sandbox vs CapyA cloud coding-agent product that runs many agent threads in parallel, each on its own Firecracker VM, and opens pull requests.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM with its own Linux 6.1 kernel per thread (Ubuntu 24.04, x86_64)
- Pause and resume:
- Disk survives sleep; memory, processes and connections do not. Machines sleep about 2 minutes after work stops and are deleted after 30 days asleep
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Tencent Cloud Agent RuntimeTencent Cloud's managed agent infrastructure: E2B-compatible code, browser, desktop and mobile sandboxes plus agent hosting, gateway, memory and observability.
- Isolation:
- VM-level isolation (vendor-stated); the open-source CubeSandbox engine uses RustVMM and KVM with a dedicated guest kernel
- Pause and resume:
- Pause with or without memory; compute stops billing and the paused state bills as storage
- CreateOS Sandbox vs MIOSAA platform for building agent products: persistent Firecracker sandboxes, GUI computers, deployments, managed databases and white-label tenancy, billed per second.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM on the standard runtime; a second runtime, SOMA, is in early access without pause or snapshots
- Pause and resume:
- Pause keeps memory and processes for up to 30 minutes, then acts as a stop; disk persists by default
- CreateOS Sandbox vs AgentComputerPersistent cloud computers for AI agents on Firecracker over bare-metal hosts, driven by a CLI, SSH, browser and VNC sessions, and a REST API.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM on bare-metal hosts
- Pause and resume:
- Start and stop like a machine; home directory on NVMe persists while stopped; snapshots save computer state
- CreateOS Sandbox vs EllipsisA cloud platform that runs Claude Code or Codex sessions, defined in repo YAML, each in its own sandbox with your repositories cloned in.
- Isolation:
- Not published (each session runs on its own isolated cloud machine; technology not named)
- Pause and resume:
- A resumed session keeps its workspace including uncommitted changes; setup-hook results are cached
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Leap0Firecracker microVM sandboxes for untrusted, AI-generated code, with a per-sandbox firewall, snapshots, forks and an optional desktop; free during public preview.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM with a dedicated Linux 6.1 LTS kernel; VMM launched with the Jailer (chroot, cgroup v2, seccomp)
- Pause and resume:
- Pause saves memory and disk and auto-resumes on the next request; snapshots capture memory and writable disk
- CreateOS Sandbox vs IsloInfrastructure for autonomous coding agents: persistent microVM computers with your stack, plus a gateway that injects credentials at egress and audits every request.
- Isolation:
- microVM per agent computer with its own kernel (vendor-stated; hypervisor not named)
- Pause and resume:
- Pause snapshots VM state and releases compute, keeping the filesystem; lifecycle policies pause on idle or runtime
- CreateOS Sandbox vs KedgeA global app platform reached over SSH or Git that also offers disposable VM sandboxes and persistent coding-agent workspaces.
- Isolation:
- VM with its own Linux kernel for every app instance, handler, sandbox and CI runner (hypervisor not named)
- Pause and resume:
- Sandboxes: none; the disk is gone at expiry. Workspaces persist their filesystem and sessions
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Cua FleetAn open-source (MIT) computer-use agent stack; Cua Fleets is its cloud of pooled Linux and Windows desktop sandboxes claimed through an SDK.
- Isolation:
- Fleet pools run containers under gVisor and VMs under KubeVirt (amd64 only); no macOS on Fleet
- Pause and resume:
- Claims are leases renewed by TTL (15 minutes default); no snapshot API for Fleet sandboxes found
- CreateOS Sandbox vs TenkiDisposable full Linux VMs for coding agents on Tenki-owned bare metal and Ceph storage, sold alongside GitHub Actions runners and AI code review.
- Isolation:
- VM with its own kernel per session (hypervisor not named); disk and memory wiped on teardown
- Pause and resume:
- Pause stops compute billing and keeps memory and durable files; /tmp cleared, connections closed
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Tangle SandboxIsolated Linux sandboxes for AI agents with durable agent sessions, fleets, egress policy and on-demand GPU leases, from Tangle's agent-infrastructure suite.
- Isolation:
- Varies by backend: a managed container, a microVM or an operator-backed driver behind one SDK
- Pause and resume:
- Stopped sandboxes keep files and agent sessions and resume with box.resume()
- CreateOS Sandbox vs PandaStackAn open-source (Apache-2.0) Firecracker microVM cloud for AI agents with snapshot-restored sandboxes, copy-on-write forks, per-agent Postgres, functions and git-push apps.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM with its own guest kernel per sandbox, database and app; per-sandbox network namespace
- Pause and resume:
- Pause/resume and hibernate/wake; memory streamed on demand from object storage on restore
- CreateOS Sandbox vs microsandboxOpen-source (Apache 2.0) microVM sandboxes that run locally on macOS, Linux and Windows, with a managed cloud in private beta and BYOC by evaluation.
- Isolation:
- microVM with its own guest kernel per sandbox, started as a child process with no root daemon
- Pause and resume:
- Cloud: disk snapshots of stopped persistent sandboxes; memory and process snapshots only locally
- CreateOS Sandbox vs BaponiA stateless code-execution API for AI agents: send Python, Node.js or Bash and get stdout, stderr and exit code back from a fresh nsjail sandbox.
- Isolation:
- Hardened nsjail process sandbox (namespaces, seccomp-bpf, zero capabilities); not a VM
- Pause and resume:
- Fresh sandbox per call; a thread_id persists /home/baponi across calls
- CreateOS Sandbox vs NorthflankA general developer platform (services, jobs, databases, GPUs, BYOC) whose sandboxes are API-created services running in microVMs on its cloud or in your VPC.
- Isolation:
- CPU sandboxes in microVMs (Kata Containers per product page); GPU sandboxes under gVisor
- Pause and resume:
- Pause scales to zero and stops compute billing but deletes ephemeral data and processes; volumes survive
- CreateOS Sandbox vs CodeSandbox SDKA TypeScript SDK for creating CodeSandbox Firecracker microVMs from templates, with memory snapshots, hibernation and fast cloning, now being folded into Together AI.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM, with the workload in a Docker container inside when a devcontainer is set
- Pause and resume:
- Memory and filesystem snapshots; hibernate and resume from snapshot
- CreateOS Sandbox vs orkestrEU-operated sandboxes for AI agents: a dedicated VM per sandbox on orkestr's own machines in Germany, Finland and France.
- Isolation:
- Dedicated hardware-virtualised VM per sandbox with its own kernel and rootfs (hypervisor not named)
- Pause and resume:
- Pause between turns with memory; snapshot retention 7 days Free, 30 days pay-as-you-go
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Together Code SandboxTogether AI's VM sandboxes built from Docker-image snapshots, driven by the together-sandbox Python and TypeScript SDK and CLI, with access enabled per organization.
- Isolation:
- VM per sandbox; hypervisor not named for the new SDK
- Pause and resume:
- Ephemeral by default; a termination policy can snapshot the filesystem, optionally with memory
- CreateOS Sandbox vs SpritesFly.io's persistent Linux computers for agents: a 100 GB disk that survives sleep, automatic checkpoints, a per-Sprite HTTPS URL, billed only while active.
- Isolation:
- Dedicated microVM per Sprite (vendor-stated)
- Pause and resume:
- Warm after about 30 s idle (memory frozen, processes intact), later cold (memory dropped); disk always persists
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Buddy SandboxesPersistent Ubuntu machines inside the Buddy CI/CD and hosting platform, with sudo, Docker and Claude Code preinstalled, public endpoints and snapshots.
- Isolation:
- Not published (an isolated machine with its own OS, filesystem, processes and network)
- Pause and resume:
- 50 GB disk persists across stop and restart; memory and processes do not
- CreateOS Sandbox vs RivetActor-based infrastructure for agents whose agentOS runs lightweight, POSIX-like VMs (V8, WASM and Python executors) in-process or hosted, plus an open-source Sandbox Agent adapter.
- Isolation:
- Virtual POSIX kernel; guest JavaScript in V8 and WASM/Python in managed executors behind a sidecar; not a hardware VM, in beta security review
- Pause and resume:
- In-memory root by default; opt-in durable root survives VM recreation
- CreateOS Sandbox vs UCloud Agent SandboxUCloud's E2B-compatible cloud sandbox service, sold through its AstraFlow AI platform and billed per second in CNY, with regions in China and Los Angeles.
- Isolation:
- Not published in the docs (they promise full operating system capabilities)
- Pause and resume:
- Pause preserves disk and memory; auto-resume on URL access when enabled
- CreateOS Sandbox vs OmniRunAn Apache-2.0 sandbox server that puts each agent or CI job in a Firecracker microVM, self-hosted or managed in Finland.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker micro-VM (KVM) with its own kernel, disk and network namespace
- Pause and resume:
- User-facing pause, resume or snapshot API not published; sandboxes start from template memory snapshots
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Sandbox0A hosted sandbox API for AI agents with pausable, forkable sandboxes, billed only on configured memory.
- Isolation:
- gVisor (runsc) per the homepage diagram; docs do not name the runtime
- Pause and resume:
- Pause checkpoints the writable root filesystem and releases compute; default resume starts fresh processes; memory checkpoints experimental
- CreateOS Sandbox vs OrgoPersistent cloud desktops (Linux, Windows, Mac on request) that AI agents drive through click, type and screenshot APIs.
- Isolation:
- Not published (vendor-stated: no shared tenancy on paid VMs)
- Pause and resume:
- Disk survives stop and restart; paid computers are never auto-suspended
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Modal VM SandboxesA runtime option for Modal Sandboxes that runs each sandbox as a full Linux VM with its own kernel, instead of gVisor.
- Isolation:
- Full VM per sandbox on Cloud Hypervisor (gVisor stays Modal's default runtime)
- Pause and resume:
- Filesystem snapshots; VM memory snapshots limited to enabled customers; idle_timeout
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Sandbox as a ServiceA REST and MCP API that gives an AI agent a dedicated cloud VM in one call, billed per second from prepaid credit.
- Isolation:
- Full VM per sandbox with its own kernel; hypervisor not named
- Pause and resume:
- None; contents are not backed up and are destroyed at expiry
- Omnara with CreateOS SandboxAn Apache-2.0 agent platform that runs agents on machines you bring or on pooled capacity from sandbox providers.
- Isolation:
- Not published; depends on the attached machine (your own or a pool provider such as CreateOS)
- Pause and resume:
- Agent state kept in a durable event log; pool machines deleted on release or after an idle period
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Claude Managed AgentsAnthropic's hosted agent harness that runs Claude with bash and file tools in a per-session cloud container or on your own worker.
- Isolation:
- Isolated Linux container per session on Anthropic infrastructure; self-hosted worker option
- Pause and resume:
- Stateful sessions resume after pauses; history, sandbox state and outputs stored server-side
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Docker Cloud SandboxesDocker's sbx sandboxes for coding agents, run locally for free or on Docker-managed cloud microVMs billed per second.
- Isolation:
- Micro-VM with its own kernel and Docker daemon; hypervisor not named
- Pause and resume:
- Persists until TTL; on expiry, resumable sandboxes stop and the rest are deleted
- CreateOS Sandbox vs AmikaAn open-source CLI and hosted service that provisions VMs, called Rigs, preloaded with coding agents on your machines, clouds or sandbox providers.
- Isolation:
- VM per agent; technology not published
- Pause and resume:
- Rigs can be short-lived or persistent; snapshots not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Dedalus LabsDedalus Machines are persistent Linux VMs for AI agents that sleep when idle and bill CPU and RAM only while running.
- Isolation:
- Full VM per machine on the Dedalus Hypervisor, built on Cloud Hypervisor
- Pause and resume:
- Root filesystem persists across sleep; RAM, processes, IP and SSH sessions do not; auto-sleep after 5 idle minutes by default
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Deno SandboxFirecracker microVM sandboxes on Deno Deploy for untrusted code, with host allowlists and secrets that never enter the VM.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker micro-VM
- Pause and resume:
- Ephemeral by default; can persist past the connection; volumes for durable storage
- CreateOS Sandbox vs OpenRewardGeneral Reasoning's hosted catalogue of 380+ reinforcement-learning environments behind one API, with autoscaled sandbox compute.
- Isolation:
- Isolated, ephemeral containers; runtime not published
- Pause and resume:
- Sandbox created at session start and stopped in teardown; no cross-session persistence published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs SuperserveOpen-source Firecracker microVM sandboxes for long-running agents, with pause, snapshot, fork and per-sandbox egress rules.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker micro-VM
- Pause and resume:
- Pause indefinitely with automatic resume; checkpoint and restore; snapshots at any time
- CreateOS Sandbox vs LangSmith SandboxesLangChain's microVM sandboxes inside LangSmith for agent code, with snapshots, forks, TTLs and a credential-injecting auth proxy.
- Isolation:
- Micro-VM (vendor-stated: dedicated VM); hypervisor not named
- Pause and resume:
- Stop on idle keeps disk; snapshot a running sandbox with optional memory; stopped sandboxes deleted after up to 30 days
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Manus Cloud ComputerAn always-on Ubuntu VM sold as a monthly add-on to the Manus agent, separate from Manus's temporary per-task sandbox.
- Isolation:
- Full VM; technology not published
- Pause and resume:
- Files and processes persist while subscribed; data deleted after the subscription lapses
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ArchilShared POSIX disks for agents backed by S3, GCS or R2, plus Firecracker sandboxes and serverless execution that mount them.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker micro-VM with its own kernel and persistent root disk
- Pause and resume:
- Pause snapshots memory and disk; stop keeps the disk only
- CreateOS Sandbox vs OpenPondAn MIT-licensed agent workspace with a hosted cloud that sells per-second sandboxes driven by a server-side TypeScript SDK.
- Isolation:
- Not published (vendor-stated: isolated cloud sandboxes)
- Pause and resume:
- Stop, archive or delete; durable volumes kept separately; snapshots
- CreateOS Sandbox vs OpenAI ContainersOpenAI-hosted containers behind Code Interpreter, Hosted Shell and Agents API sandboxes, billed per container session.
- Isolation:
- Fully sandboxed VM (vendor-stated); technology not published
- Pause and resume:
- Ephemeral; data deleted at expiry; expired containers cannot be reactivated
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Google Agent Platform SandboxManaged Code Execution and Computer Use (browser) sandboxes in Google's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, billed on vCPU-hours and GiB-hours.
- Isolation:
- Not published (vendor-stated: secure, isolated, managed sandbox; browser in a container)
- Pause and resume:
- Code Execution keeps state up to 14 days with a TTL; snapshots not supported for Code Execution
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Unikraft CloudA commercial cloud that runs Dockerfile workloads as minimal Linux microVMs with stateful scale-to-zero.
- Isolation:
- Micro-VM on KVM
- Pause and resume:
- Stateful scale-to-zero; checkpoints; live migration between servers
- Archal with CreateOS SandboxStateful simulations of SaaS APIs such as GitHub, Slack, Stripe and Linear that agents can be tested against instead of live accounts.
- Isolation:
- Not published; sandbox per run, branch or CI job; simulations, not live services
- Pause and resume:
- State persists within a sandbox; reset restores every environment to baseline
- CreateOS Sandbox vs boatPersistent Ubuntu VM sandboxes from ASCII with SSH, Docker, a desktop and disk-level fork, billed per second at flat per-size rates.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (shared vCPUs; hypervisor not named); nested KVM on request
- Pause and resume:
- No pause; stop keeps the disk as a snapshot for 14 days and ends processes
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Lightning AIAn AI platform for training and serving models on GPUs, with a sandbox SDK for running model-written code.
- Isolation:
- Isolated environment with its own filesystem, network and processes (vendor-stated); technology not published
- Pause and resume:
- Persistent sandboxes auto-snapshot on stop and resume where they left off
- CreateOS Sandbox vs DepotBuild acceleration platform with fast remote Docker builds, GitHub Actions runners, its own CI, and remote sandboxes for coding agents.
- Isolation:
- Agent sessions: isolated container per session. Sandbox SDK (private beta): microVMs with pinned CPU cores and dedicated RAM
- Pause and resume:
- Agent sandboxes: filesystem and conversation context persist and can be resumed. Sandbox SDK snapshots listed as coming
- CreateOS Sandbox vs HyperbrowserCloud browsers, Linux and macOS sandboxes, web data APIs and hosted browser agents, all on one credit balance.
- Isolation:
- Described as isolated cloud environments; mechanism not published
- Pause and resume:
- Sandbox snapshots and persistent volumes documented; pause semantics not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs AWS AgentCoreAmazon Bedrock AgentCore is a family of managed AWS services for hosting AI agents, with per-session microVMs, a code interpreter and a cloud browser.
- Isolation:
- microVM per session (Runtime); Code Interpreter in a containerized, sandboxed environment
- Pause and resume:
- No memory snapshot; optional session storage (preview) keeps a /mnt directory up to 1 GB across stop/resume
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Azure Container Apps SandboxesA preview Azure resource, Microsoft.App/SandboxGroups, that runs isolated microVM sandboxes with suspend, resume and snapshots for agent and untrusted code.
- Isolation:
- microVM: isolated, lightweight VMs with their own CPU, memory, disk and network boundary
- Pause and resume:
- Yes: memory mode (memory and disk) or disk mode; auto-suspend after idle, auto-delete after set days; no CPU or memory charge while stopped
- CreateOS Sandbox vs GKE Agent SandboxA managed GKE add-on, built on the open-source kubernetes-sigs/agent-sandbox controller, that runs untrusted agent code in gVisor-isolated sandbox Pods.
- Isolation:
- gVisor (GKE Sandbox); Kata Containers also works but is not Google-supported
- Pause and resume:
- Pod snapshots save memory and filesystem to Cloud Storage (GKE 1.35.3-gke.1234000+, not E2 machine types; manual install)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Google Agent RuntimeGoogle Cloud's managed service for deploying and running AI agents, formerly Vertex AI Agent Engine, with sessions, memory and code-execution and computer-use sandboxes.
- Isolation:
- Secure container sandboxing (vendor-stated)
- Pause and resume:
- Yes: pause releases compute and keeps disk and connection metadata; resume in seconds (vendor-stated)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs AWS Lambda MicroVMsA Lambda feature launched on 22 June 2026 that runs stateful, Firecracker-isolated MicroVMs with suspend and resume for user- or AI-generated code.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM per MicroVM; Amazon Linux 2023; ARM64 (Graviton) only
- Pause and resume:
- Yes: suspend checkpoints memory and disk; resume manually or on incoming traffic; no compute charge while suspended
- CreateOS Sandbox vs GitHub Copilot cloud sandboxesGitHub-hosted ephemeral Linux sandboxes where Copilot agent sessions run, alongside the Actions-powered environment used by Copilot cloud agent.
- Isolation:
- Isolated, ephemeral Linux environment built on Azure Container Apps Sandboxes; primitive not stated
- Pause and resume:
- Stop saves a snapshot; resume restores files, environment variables and work in progress
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Perplexity SPACESPACE is Perplexity's open-source Firecracker sandbox platform behind Computer; developers also get a Python and bash sandbox tool inside the Agent API.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM per sandbox (SPACE); the Agent API tool is documented as an isolated container
- Pause and resume:
- SPACE pauses the VM with a full snapshot and resumes it from that state; disk snapshots are taken frequently (vendor-stated)
Cloud dev environments
Remote workspaces built for a developer, or a coding agent, to work in over hours or days.
- CreateOS Sandbox vs exe.devPersistent Linux VMs reached over SSH with an HTTPS proxy, billed as a shared CPU and RAM pool, plus per-second standalone VMs.
- Isolation:
- Full VM, one VMM process per VM, 'KVM-isolated VMs' (vendor-stated); hypervisor not named
- What persists:
- Persistent NVMe disk streamed to another server in the region; no memory snapshot documented
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Amp OrbsCloud machines the Amp coding agent spins up per conversation thread, with your code and tools ready, billed per minute and paused when idle.
- Isolation:
- Not published; docs say each thread gets 'a fresh, isolated environment'
- What persists:
- Conversation, files and services are in place on wake; a paused orb costs nothing (vendor-stated)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs PrizedCloud Linux dev boxes that sync with your laptop for coding agents, plus beta Firecracker sandboxes that pause and fork while running.
- Isolation:
- Sandboxes (beta): Firecracker microVM with its own kernel, commands run as an unprivileged user without sudo; boxes: one VM per box
- What persists:
- Sandbox pause keeps memory and disk; live fork of a running VM into up to 31 copies; boxes keep an encrypted disk with snapshots
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Zo ComputerA personal always-on cloud computer with a built-in AI agent, file storage, site hosting and messaging channels, sold as a monthly plan.
- Isolation:
- Not published; docs describe a personal server per user
- What persists:
- Files persist with regular filesystem snapshots; paid plans always on, trial computers sleep when idle
- CreateOS Sandbox vs NamespaceManaged compute for CI runners, Docker builds and Devboxes on Linux, macOS and Windows, billed per minute, with an instance API and egress policies.
- Isolation:
- Not published; docs say customer environments are fully isolated
- What persists:
- Devbox files survive stop and start; persistent volumes with snapshots; no memory snapshot documented
- CreateOS Sandbox vs OnaFormerly Gitpod: governed cloud dev environments and background coding agents, run in Ona Cloud or your own AWS or GCP account; now part of OpenAI.
- Isolation:
- Full VM per environment (EC2 or Compute Engine on BYOC runners); Veto enforces executable policy in the kernel
- What persists:
- Storage persists across stop and start; prebuilds snapshot Dev Container setup; no memory snapshot documented
- CreateOS Sandbox vs boxes.devA fresh cloud Linux devbox per coding-agent task, cloned from a snapshot of your dev environment, running your own Claude Code or Codex subscription.
- Isolation:
- Not published; vendor calls each devbox 'a full, isolated copy' of your machine
- What persists:
- Template saved as a filesystem and memory snapshot (vendor-stated); idle devboxes sleep keeping files and memory
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Tencent Cloud StudioTencent's browser cloud IDE, now aimed at AI training and learning, with switchable CPU and GPU workspaces billed in machine-hours.
- Isolation:
- Not published; product page says workspaces include an OS, containers and CUDA
- What persists:
- Files saved persistently; compute released about 10 minutes after all IDE tabs close
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Sealos DevBoxKubernetes-based cloud dev environments on Sealos that release your project as an OCI image and deploy it on the same platform.
- Isolation:
- Not published; Kubernetes-native with workspace-based multi-tenant isolation
- What persists:
- Storage is part of the runtime; releases are versioned OCI images for deploy or rollback
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Cube ComputerAn always-on personal Linux computer in the cloud, managed from a Mac app, for keeping coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex running.
- Isolation:
- Not published; described as 'a full Linux computer in the cloud, like a VPS'
- What persists:
- Persistent SSD; paused machines keep files and pay for storage only
- CreateOS Sandbox vs GitHub CodespacesGitHub's hosted development environments: a dedicated VM per codespace running your repository's dev container, opened in VS Code or a browser.
- Isolation:
- Dedicated VM per codespace with an isolated virtual network; dev environment is a Docker container inside it
- What persists:
- /workspaces persists; stopped codespaces auto-delete after up to 30 days
- CreateOS Sandbox vs DatalayerCloud Jupyter runtimes on CPU or GPU that notebooks, VS Code or an MCP-connected agent can run code on, paid with credits.
- Isolation:
- Not published (CLI addresses runtimes by pod name)
- What persists:
- Runtime snapshots can be created and restored
Cloud browsers
Hosted browsers for automation and scraping. A browser session, where a sandbox gives you a whole Linux machine.
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Browser UseAn open-source Python library for AI browser agents, plus a hosted cloud of stealth browsers and an agent API.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Hosted stealth Chromium sessions plus an agent API and open-source Python library
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs NotteA browser agent platform with cloud browser sessions, deployable browser functions, proxies, credential vaults and personas.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Cloud browser sessions, browser functions, agents, proxies, vaults and personas
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs KernelCloud browsers for agents, each in its own unikernel VM, with standby, profiles, managed auth and app hosting.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Browser in a unikernel VM, plus app hosting for agent code
- Isolation:
- Unikernel VM per browser; VM runtime hypeman supports Cloud Hypervisor, Firecracker and QEMU
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ZenrowsA web scraping API with fetch, extract, batch and managed browser sessions behind residential proxies and anti-bot handling.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Scraping API plus CDP browser sessions routed through residential proxies
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Anchor BrowserManaged Chromium-fork browsers for AI agents, each in a dedicated VM, with authentication, VPN and action caching.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Managed Chromium-fork browser per session, with authentication, VPN and action caching
- Isolation:
- Dedicated VM per browser instance, destroyed after the session and never reused (vendor-stated)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ScrapelessScraping and automation services, including a hosted anti-detect Chromium (Scraping Browser or Agent Browser) with global proxies.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Hosted anti-detect Chromium over a WebSocket CDP endpoint
- Isolation:
- Not published; a random fingerprint is generated per session
- CreateOS Sandbox vs SteelAn open-source browser API for AI agents, offered as a hosted cloud or as a self-hosted Docker image.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Browser sessions with profiles, files, extensions and credentials APIs
- Isolation:
- Each session is an isolated browser instance; mechanism not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs BrowserCloudA hosted headless browser service for Puppeteer and Playwright, with HTTP APIs for scraping, PDFs and screenshots.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Hosted headless browsers plus HTTP APIs for scraping, PDFs and screenshots
- Isolation:
- Isolated containers with dedicated CPUs per browser (vendor-stated)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs BrowserbaseHeadless browser fleets for agents, with the Stagehand SDK, search and fetch APIs, functions, agent identity and a model gateway.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Browser per session plus Stagehand, search, fetch, functions and a model gateway
- Isolation:
- Dedicated VM per browser in an isolated subnet, destroyed and rebuilt after each session (vendor-stated)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs IntunedA code-first browser automation platform where you or its AI agent build scrapers and RPA, deployed and run on Intuned infrastructure.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Platform that runs Intuned automation projects as API runs and scheduled jobs
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Cloudflare Browser RunHeadless browsers on Cloudflare's network, formerly Browser Rendering, driven by HTTP quick actions or Puppeteer, Playwright and CDP sessions.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Headless browsers via Quick Actions HTTP endpoints or CDP sessions
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs BrowserlessHosted and self-hostable headless Chrome, Firefox and WebKit with REST APIs, BrowserQL, an MCP server and Puppeteer or Playwright endpoints.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Headless Chrome, Firefox and WebKit with REST APIs and BrowserQL
- Isolation:
- Not published; Enterprise offers dedicated or private fleets with network isolation
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ScrapflyA web scraping API suite whose Cloud Browser product is a remote pool of patched Chromium driven over CDP.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Remote patched-Chromium pool over CDP, part of a scraping API suite
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs FirecrawlA web data API for scraping, crawling and search, whose Interact endpoint gives agents a live browser on a scraped page.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Scrape, crawl, map and search APIs, plus Interact sessions on a scraped page
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs OpensteerAn agent platform plus an open-source Python runtime that lets coding agents drive local Chrome or Opensteer Cloud browsers.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Python runtime and CLI that drive local Chrome or cloud browsers, plus a hosted agent platform
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs SurfskyCloud anti-detect Chrome controlled over CDP or an HTTP scraping API, with persistent profiles and CAPTCHA solving.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Anti-detect Chrome over CDP or a REST request-response mode
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs CloudCruiseA managed browser-automation platform for healthcare that runs self-healing payer-portal and EHR workflows.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Healthcare workflow automation, built by a builder agent and kept working by a maintenance agent
- Isolation:
- Not published; VM infrastructure included in the usage fee
- CreateOS Sandbox vs HyperbeamAn API for embedding shared virtual computers, mainly Chromium, into web apps, with synced audio and video and multi-user control.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Shared virtual computer (mainly Chromium) embedded in your web app via iframe
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs GologinAn anti-detect browser profile manager whose Cloud Browser API runs saved fingerprinted profiles over CDP.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Saved fingerprinted browser profiles run in the cloud over CDP
- Isolation:
- Per-profile separation of cookies, fingerprint and IP (vendor-stated); runtime mechanism not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs LightpandaA headless browser engine written from scratch in Zig for machines, with no graphical rendering, offered open source and as a cloud service.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Headless engine with no graphical rendering, over CDP, WebDriver BiDi or MCP
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Remote BrowserA hosted Chromium runtime for AI agents that creates an isolated cloud browser session and returns a CDP WebSocket URL.
- What you get (browser vs full Linux machine):
- Isolated cloud Chromium session returned as a CDP WebSocket URL, with a live viewer
- Isolation:
- Isolated cloud browser session (vendor-stated); mechanism not published
Clouds and VPS hosts
General-purpose virtual machines and serverless compute you can repurpose to run untrusted code.
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Oracle CloudOracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute offers general-purpose VMs and bare-metal servers with flexible CPU and memory shapes, billed by usage.
- Isolation:
- Full VM or dedicated bare-metal host
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: OCI CLI, REST API, SDKs (Java, Python, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, .NET, Ruby) and Terraform; MCP not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs IONOS CloudIONOS Cloud Compute Engine is European IaaS with dedicated-core or vCPU virtual servers in a virtual data center, billed by usage.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (hypervisor not published)
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: REST Cloud API, SDKs, ionosctl CLI and Terraform provider; MCP not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ContaboBudget VPS and dedicated server host selling fixed-size KVM virtual servers on monthly terms.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (KVM)
- Create and destroy by API:
- REST API (OAuth2) and cntb CLI; plans bought on monthly terms
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Azure Virtual MachinesMicrosoft Azure's infrastructure-as-a-service VMs, from small burstable sizes to very large memory and GPU sizes.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (Azure hypervisor)
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: Azure CLI, PowerShell, REST/ARM, SDKs (.NET, Java, Python, JavaScript, Go), Bicep and Terraform; MCP not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs AWS FargateAWS Fargate is a serverless engine that runs containers for ECS and EKS without managing servers, billed per second for requested vCPU and memory.
- Isolation:
- Single-use, single-tenant compute per task behind a virtualization boundary (vendor-stated)
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: AWS CLI, SDKs, ECS/EKS APIs, CloudFormation, CDK and Terraform; MCP not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs netcupGerman hosting provider selling fixed-size VPS plans with shared vCPUs and KVM root servers with dedicated cores, on monthly or longer contracts.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (KVM stated for root servers)
- Create and destroy by API:
- API access mentioned on the VPS page; SDKs and CLI not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs AWS EC2Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: on-demand virtual machines and bare-metal instances in hundreds of instance types on AWS.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (Nitro hypervisor, KVM-based) or bare metal
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: AWS CLI, SDKs, CloudFormation, CDK and Terraform; MCP not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs GcoreLuxembourg-based edge and cloud provider offering VMs, bare metal, GPU cloud, CDN and managed Kubernetes in 30+ regions.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (hypervisor not published)
- Create and destroy by API:
- REST API, Terraform provider and control panel; SDK languages not captured; MCP not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs IBM Cloud VPCIBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC: profile-based VMs, including GPU and very large memory, inside IBM Cloud virtual private clouds.
- Isolation:
- Full VM
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: IBM Cloud CLI (vpc-infrastructure plugin), REST API, SDKs and Terraform; MCP not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Alibaba Cloud ECSAlibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service: VMs and bare-metal instances across Alibaba Cloud regions, sold pay-as-you-go, by subscription or as spot.
- Isolation:
- Full VM
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: Alibaba Cloud CLI, OpenAPI, SDKs and Terraform; MCP not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs DigitalOceanDeveloper-focused cloud whose Droplets are Linux VMs in fixed bundles or configurable v5 sizes, billed per second with monthly caps.
- Isolation:
- Full VM
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: REST API, doctl CLI, Go (godo) and Python (pydo) clients, Terraform; up to 10 Droplets created at the same time
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Google Compute EngineGoogle Cloud's virtual machine service, with predefined and custom machine types and GPU accelerators, billed per second.
- Isolation:
- Full VM
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: gcloud CLI, REST API, client libraries (Go, Java, Python, Node.js and more) and Terraform; MCP not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs E2E NetworksIndian cloud provider offering CPU virtual machines and NVIDIA GPU cloud, including H100, H200 and B200, with hourly or monthly pricing.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (hypervisor not published)
- Create and destroy by API:
- E2E API listed; SDK and CLI details not checked
- CreateOS Sandbox vs UpCloudFinnish cloud provider selling cloud servers on Developer, Premium, Cloud Native and other plans, with hourly billing and zero-cost egress.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (hypervisor not published)
- Create and destroy by API:
- REST API, CLI and Terraform provider (not re-verified)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ExoscaleSwiss-European cloud provider with compute instances, GPUs, Kubernetes and storage in European zones, billed by the second.
- Isolation:
- Full VM
- Create and destroy by API:
- API, CLI, Terraform, Packer, Pulumi and Kubernetes integrations
- CreateOS Sandbox vs OVHcloudFrench cloud provider whose Public Cloud offers OpenStack-based instances, GPUs and managed services, billed hourly or monthly.
- Isolation:
- Full VM
- Create and destroy by API:
- OpenStack APIs and CLI, OVHcloud API, Terraform (not re-verified)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs VultrIndependent cloud provider offering cloud compute VMs, bare metal and cloud GPUs in many locations, billed hourly with monthly caps.
- Isolation:
- Full VM
- Create and destroy by API:
- REST API v2, vultr-cli, Terraform and official API clients (not re-verified)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs UbicloudOpen-source alternative to AWS that runs IaaS on bare-metal providers like Hetzner and Leaseweb, as a managed service or self-hosted.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (Cloud Hypervisor) with Linux namespaces; nftables firewalls
- Create and destroy by API:
- API, CLI and Terraform provider (not re-verified); open-source control plane
- CreateOS Sandbox vs KamateraCloud server provider with fully configurable VMs, choosing CPU type, cores, RAM and disk, in many data centers, billed hourly or monthly.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (hypervisor not published)
- Create and destroy by API:
- API and CLI (not re-verified)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs KakaoCloudKakao Enterprise's Korean public cloud offering VMs, GPUs, bare metal and managed services, billed per minute in Korean won.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (hypervisor not published)
- Create and destroy by API:
- OpenAPI listed in docs; CLI and Terraform not confirmed
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ScalewayA French cloud whose Instances are hourly-billed virtual machines in Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw, next to GPU Instances and other EU cloud services.
- Isolation:
- Full VM per Instance; hypervisor not named
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: REST API, Scaleway CLI, Terraform provider; SDK languages not verified
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Hetzner CloudHetzner's cloud servers: hourly-billed virtual machines with a monthly price cap, in Germany, Finland, the US and Singapore.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (cloud server); hypervisor not named
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: REST API, hcloud CLI, official Go and Python libraries
- CreateOS Sandbox vs T Cloud PublicDeutsche Telekom's OpenStack-based public cloud, formerly Open Telekom Cloud, whose Elastic Cloud Server provides KVM virtual machines in Germany and the Netherlands.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (KVM); bare-metal instances also offered
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: OpenStack-compatible REST APIs, Terraform provider, Python and Go SDKs
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Hostinger VPSPrepaid KVM virtual private servers from web host Hostinger, sold in four fixed plans with weekly backups, a managed firewall and a public API.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (KVM)
- Create and destroy by API:
- Public REST API (90 requests/minute), PHP, Python and TypeScript SDKs, CLI, Terraform, MCP server; servers sold as prepaid plans
- CreateOS Sandbox vs CivoA UK cloud provider with hourly-billed compute instances, managed Kubernetes, GPUs and databases, plus a private-cloud option on customer hardware.
- Isolation:
- Full VM; hypervisor not named
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: REST API, open-source CLI, Terraform provider
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Linode (Akamai Cloud Computing)Akamai's cloud compute service, formerly Linode, selling shared, dedicated and GPU virtual machines billed hourly with a monthly cap.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (KVM-based)
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: REST API v4, linode-cli, Terraform provider, API client libraries
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Self-hosted FirecrackerAWS's open-source virtual machine monitor for lightweight KVM microVMs; you build your own sandbox service on bare-metal hosts you run.
- Isolation:
- KVM microVM plus jailer (cgroups, namespaces, dropped privileges) and seccomp filters
- Create and destroy by API:
- REST control API over a host socket per microVM; no hosted CLI or SDK
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Tencent Cloud Serverless Cloud Function (SCF)Tencent Cloud's function-as-a-service: event- or HTTP-triggered functions billed per GB-second of memory and per invocation.
- Isolation:
- Not published; per-function instances described as containers
- Create and destroy by API:
- Functions deployed via Tencent Cloud API 3.0, SDKs or console; instances started by triggers, not created per run
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Sakura CloudJapanese IaaS from Sakura Internet with virtual servers, GPU servers and networking from its own data centers in Ishikari and Tokyo.
- Isolation:
- Full VM; hypervisor not named
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: REST API v1.1, usacloud CLI, Terraform provider
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Azure Container AppsMicrosoft's serverless container platform, whose Dynamic Sessions feature hands out pre-warmed, Hyper-V-isolated sandboxes for running untrusted code.
- Isolation:
- Dynamic Sessions: Hyper-V per session. Container apps: containers on managed Kubernetes
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: REST data-plane API for sessions, Azure CLI, ARM/Bicep
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Samsung Cloud PlatformSamsung SDS's public and private cloud with virtual servers, bare metal, GPU servers and managed services, aimed mainly at Korean enterprises and public sector.
- Isolation:
- Full VM (Virtual Server); bare metal also offered
- Create and destroy by API:
- OpenAPI with HMAC-signed keys, Terraform providers, web console; no official CLI found
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Hetzner DedicatedHetzner Online's single-tenant bare-metal root servers in Germany and Finland, rented monthly with an hourly rate, a setup fee and unlimited traffic.
- Isolation:
- Single-tenant physical server; any VM or container isolation is up to you
- Create and destroy by API:
- Robot Webservice REST API, including server ordering; no official SDK found
- CreateOS Sandbox vs NAVER CloudNAVER Cloud Platform is a Korean public cloud whose Server product provides KVM- and XEN-based virtual machines billed hourly or monthly in KRW.
- Isolation:
- Full VM: KVM on g3, XEN on g1/g2
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: Ncloud REST API, Java, Python, JavaScript and Go SDKs, Terraform, CLI
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Google Cloud RunGoogle Cloud's managed service for running containers as autoscaling HTTP services, batch jobs or worker pools, billed per use.
- Isolation:
- gVisor (gen1) or microVM (gen2); by default Cloud Run picks one
- Create and destroy by API:
- Admin REST API, gcloud, client libraries, Terraform; environments are deployed revisions or jobs
- CreateOS Sandbox vs STACKITThe Schwarz Group's European cloud, whose Compute Engine rents virtual machines by the hour from data centers in Germany and Austria.
- Isolation:
- Full VM on STACKIT hypervisors; AMD SEV confidential machine types
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: IaaS API, stackit-cli, Terraform, Pulumi, Go, Python and Java SDKs
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Latitude.shAPI-driven bare metal servers, GPU servers and virtual machines rented by the hour across 26 locations on five continents.
- Isolation:
- Bare metal: single-tenant. VMs: full VM. AMD SEV on some metal plans
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: REST API, lsh CLI, TypeScript, Go and Python SDKs, Terraform
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Alibaba Cloud ACKAlibaba Cloud's managed Kubernetes service, running containers on ECS worker nodes you pay for, with an optional VM-isolated sandboxed runtime.
- Isolation:
- Default runC containers on ECS VMs; optional runV pods with their own kernel on ECS Bare Metal
- Create and destroy by API:
- Kubernetes API, Alibaba Cloud APIs, SDKs, CLI and Terraform (vendor-stated)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs AWS LambdaAWS's event-driven serverless functions service, billed per request and per millisecond of memory-time.
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM per execution environment (vendor-stated)
- Create and destroy by API:
- Functions deployed via SDKs, CLI and SAM; environments created by invocation
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Microsoft FoundryMicrosoft Foundry Agent Service, Azure's managed agent platform, with a Hyper-V-isolated Python Code Interpreter tool and per-session VM-isolated hosted agents.
- Isolation:
- Code Interpreter: Hyper-V per session on Container Apps dynamic sessions. Hosted agents: per-session VM-isolated sandbox
- Create and destroy by API:
- Yes: Python, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript and Java SDKs, REST, Azure CLI, azd
App platforms
Platforms for deploying and running applications and background jobs.
- CreateOS Sandbox vs InsForge InstaCloudInsForge's agent-operated cloud: managed Postgres, object storage and microVM containers that scale to zero, with whole-environment branches per PR or agent.
- Built for:
- Agents provisioning, deploying and operating full-stack app backends
- Isolation:
- MicroVM per compute service; no Docker-in-Docker or nested virtualisation
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Fly.io MachinesFast-launching Firecracker VMs behind a REST API, running your container image in 17 regions, with memory-snapshot suspend.
- Built for:
- Apps and per-user or per-task VMs close to users
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM
- CreateOS Sandbox vs YepCode RunA serverless runtime that runs JavaScript or Python, including AI-generated code, in isolated sandboxes with automatic npm and PyPI installs, billed per second.
- Built for:
- Running agent- or user-written JS and Python snippets and automations
- Isolation:
- Not published beyond 'isolated sandboxes' (vendor blog)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Red Hat OpenShiftRed Hat's enterprise Kubernetes platform, self-managed or as managed services on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, with optional Kata-based VM-isolated pods.
- Built for:
- Running and governing containerised apps across hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure
- Isolation:
- Containers by default; optional sandboxed containers run each pod in its own lightweight VM via Kata Containers
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Trigger.devOpen-source TypeScript platform for long-running background tasks and agent workflows, with queues, retries and observability built in.
- Built for:
- Background jobs, scheduled tasks and multi-step agent workflows written in TypeScript
- Isolation:
- Not published (each run uses an isolated environment built from a container image; technology not named)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ZeaburDeployment platform that builds and runs apps from Git, Docker images or templates on servers you bring or buy through Zeabur.
- Built for:
- Deploying web apps, APIs, databases and templates without managing servers
- Isolation:
- Not published (deploys from Dockerfile or Docker image)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs RenderManaged cloud for web services, background workers, cron jobs, Postgres and Key Value, deployed from Git or Docker.
- Built for:
- Production web services, workers, cron jobs, Postgres and Key Value
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Clever CloudEuropean platform-as-a-service that runs apps from Git across many runtimes, with managed databases and per-second billing.
- Built for:
- Hosting web apps, APIs and databases on European, sovereignty-focused infrastructure
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs SpecificCloud platform where a coding agent defines an app's infrastructure in one config file and deploys it with a CLI.
- Built for:
- Coding agents provisioning and deploying full-stack apps from a specific.hcl file
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs WasmerWebAssembly runtime and hosting platform, Wasmer Edge, that runs apps as lightweight Wasm sandboxes locally or on Wasmer's cloud.
- Built for:
- Stateless web apps and sites on Wasmer Edge; an embeddable Wasm runtime
- Isolation:
- WebAssembly (WASIX) sandbox with its own process table, memory, handle map, network and threads
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ReplitBrowser-based development environment with an AI agent that builds apps from prompts and deploys them on Replit's hosting.
- Built for:
- Building and hosting apps by chatting with Replit Agent; collaborative browser coding
- Isolation:
- Hardened Linux container per project with seccomp-bpf, microVM migration in progress; separate Google Cloud project per customer (vendor-stated)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Google Cloud BuildGoogle Cloud's managed CI/CD service that runs build steps in containers on Google-managed or private worker pools, billed per build-minute.
- Built for:
- Building container images and running CI/CD pipelines on Google Cloud
- Isolation:
- Not published on pricing or schema pages; a Google-managed VM per build with step-level containers
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ModelenceAWS-hosted platform combining an open-source TypeScript framework, managed hosting and databases, and an AI App Builder that makes full-stack apps from prompts.
- Built for:
- Full-stack web apps built with an open-source TypeScript framework or the AI App Builder
- Isolation:
- Not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs TinfoilPrivate AI platform that runs models and your own Docker containers inside hardware secure enclaves that clients can verify by remote attestation.
- Built for:
- Confidential AI inference and privacy-sensitive apps in attested enclaves
- Isolation:
- Hardware confidential-computing enclave: AMD SEV or Intel TDX for CPU, NVIDIA confidential computing for GPU
- CreateOS Sandbox vs HerokuSalesforce-owned platform-as-a-service that runs apps in managed containers called dynos, deployed with Git or Docker.
- Built for:
- Web apps, workers and managed Postgres/Key-Value with git-push deploys
- Isolation:
- Container (dynos); Private Spaces and Shield add dedicated compute and network isolation
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Bitbucket PipelinesAtlassian's CI/CD service inside Bitbucket Cloud that runs each pipeline step in a Docker container on hosted or self-hosted runners.
- Built for:
- Building, testing and deploying code in Bitbucket Cloud repositories
- Isolation:
- Docker container per step; underlying host isolation not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs AptibleCompliance-focused platform-as-a-service that runs Docker apps and managed databases on AWS with HIPAA and SOC 2 controls applied automatically.
- Built for:
- Regulated SaaS apps and databases on AWS (HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST)
- Isolation:
- Container; Shared Stacks non-isolated, Dedicated Stacks network-isolated on dedicated AWS infrastructure
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Cloudflare Workers for PlatformsCloudflare product that lets a platform deploy and run its customers' code as isolated Workers inside dispatch namespaces on Cloudflare's network.
- Built for:
- Platforms whose users deploy custom code or generated apps, at very large script counts
- Isolation:
- V8 isolate per Worker; customer Workers run in untrusted mode
- Mastra with CreateOS SandboxOpen-source TypeScript framework for AI agents and workflows, with a hosted Mastra Platform for deployment, Studio and observability.
- Built for:
- Building TypeScript agents, tools, workflows and RAG, then hosting them on Mastra Platform or any Node host
- Isolation:
- Not published for Platform hosting; code execution delegated to a Workspace sandbox provider (local Seatbelt/Bubblewrap or remote providers)
CI and build services
Hosted runners for pipelines, triggered by commits rather than by an agent's API call.
- CreateOS Sandbox vs StarSlingDrop-in GitHub Actions runners on single-use VMs, including GPU runners, plus AI agents that open pull requests to speed up CI.
- Built for:
- GitHub Actions jobs, plus agents that open CI-speedup pull requests
- Isolation:
- Full VM: one single-use dedicated VM per job, destroyed when the run finishes
- CreateOS Sandbox vs AWS CodeBuildAWS's managed build service, running build commands in a container image on EC2 or Lambda compute, billed per minute or per second.
- Built for:
- CI builds and tests inside AWS, including managed GitHub Actions and GitLab runners
- Isolation:
- Not published on the pages read; builds run a container image on CodeBuild-managed EC2 or Lambda
- CreateOS Sandbox vs RunsOnEphemeral self-hosted GitHub Actions runners on EC2 in your own AWS account, for a flat annual license with compute billed by AWS at cost.
- Built for:
- Cheaper, faster GitHub Actions jobs on EC2 in your AWS account
- Isolation:
- Full VM: a fresh, ephemeral EC2 instance per job
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Azure PipelinesMicrosoft's CI/CD service in Azure DevOps, running each job on a fresh Microsoft-hosted VM or on your own agents, priced per parallel job.
- Built for:
- Building, testing and deploying code in Azure DevOps
- Isolation:
- Full VM: a fresh Azure VM per job, reimaged after each run, dedicated to one organisation
- CreateOS Sandbox vs BitriseMobile-focused CI/CD service that builds and tests iOS and Android apps on hosted macOS and Linux machines.
- Built for:
- Building, testing, signing and releasing mobile apps
- Isolation:
- VM per build (vendor-stated); hypervisor not published
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Amazon WorkSpacesAWS managed virtual desktops (Windows, Ubuntu, RHEL, Rocky Linux) streamed to users and billed monthly or hourly.
- Built for:
- Persistent cloud desktops for employees and contractors
- Isolation:
- Full VM; each WorkSpace is a dedicated virtual desktop
- CreateOS Sandbox vs BuildkiteCI/CD platform built around self-hosted agents, with optional Buildkite-hosted Linux and macOS agents billed per vCPU-minute.
- Built for:
- Large-scale CI pipelines, often on self-hosted agents
- Isolation:
- Hosted agents: ephemeral VM per job on a proprietary virtualization layer; hypervisor-level isolation between clusters
- CreateOS Sandbox vs BlacksmithDrop-in GitHub Actions runners that run jobs in Firecracker microVMs on gaming-class CPUs at about half GitHub's per-minute price.
- Built for:
- Drop-in GitHub Actions runners
- Isolation:
- Firecracker microVM per job (Linux and Windows), ephemeral
- CreateOS Sandbox vs CircleCIHosted CI/CD service that runs jobs in Docker containers or VMs across Linux, Arm, Windows, macOS and GPU, billed in credits per minute.
- Built for:
- Building and testing code on every commit
- Isolation:
- Docker executor (container) or machine executor (VM) per job; GPU and macOS on VMs
- CreateOS Sandbox vs GitHub ActionsGitHub's built-in workflow automation that runs CI/CD jobs on GitHub-hosted virtual machines or on your own self-hosted runners.
- Built for:
- CI/CD and repository automation triggered by GitHub events
- Isolation:
- Full VM per job on GitHub-hosted runners; single-CPU runners in a container on a shared VM
- CreateOS Sandbox vs CodemagicCI/CD service for Flutter, React Native and native iOS/Android apps, running builds on hosted Mac mini, Linux and Windows machines.
- Built for:
- Building, testing, signing and publishing mobile apps
- Isolation:
- Not published on the pages consulted
- CreateOS Sandbox vs GitLab.com hosted runnersGitLab-managed CI runners on GitLab.com that run each job in an ephemeral VM on Google Cloud, metered in compute minutes.
- Built for:
- Running GitLab CI/CD pipelines without operating your own runners
- Isolation:
- Full VM per job (Container-Optimized OS with Docker); each VM serves a single job
- CreateOS Sandbox vs WarpBuildFaster, cheaper GitHub Actions runners on WarpBuild's cloud or in your own AWS, GCP or Azure account, with VM snapshot support.
- Built for:
- Faster, cheaper GitHub Actions runners and Docker builders
- Isolation:
- Ephemeral VMs with VM-level isolation (vendor-stated)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ExpoReact Native framework plus cloud services (EAS) for building, updating and hosting mobile and web apps.
- Built for:
- Building, updating and hosting React Native apps (EAS)
- Isolation:
- Full VM per build: Android on Google Cloud, iOS on fresh macOS VMs on Mac mini hosts
GPU clouds
Accelerated compute for training and inference. CreateOS Sandbox has no GPUs.
- CreateOS Sandbox vs Hugging Face JobsRuns a command in any Docker image on Hugging Face CPU, GPU or TPU hardware, billed per minute, from CLI, Python or HTTP API.
- Built for:
- Fine-tuning, batch inference and data processing jobs
- GPU:
- Yes: T4, L4, L40S, A10G, A100, H200, RTX PRO 6000; TPU also mentioned
- CreateOS Sandbox vs VerdaA European GPU cloud renting GPU and CPU instances, instant multi-node clusters and serverless containers from data centers in Finland.
- Built for:
- GPU training, fine-tuning and inference; CPU instances and serverless containers
- GPU:
- Yes: GB300, B300, B200, H200, H100, A100, RTX PRO 6000, L40S
- CreateOS Sandbox vs NebiusAn AI-focused public cloud with GPU and CPU virtual machines, InfiniBand GPU clusters, managed Kubernetes and serverless AI jobs and endpoints.
- Built for:
- Large-scale training and inference on NVIDIA clusters, plus CPU VMs
- GPU:
- Yes: B300, B200, H200, H100, RTX PRO 6000, L40S; GB200/GB300 NVL72 via sales
- CreateOS Sandbox vs JarvislabsAn India-based GPU cloud with template-based GPU instances that open in JupyterLab, VS Code or SSH, plus full VMs and serverless model endpoints.
- Built for:
- Interactive ML development, fine-tuning and model hosting on single GPUs
- GPU:
- Yes: H200, H100, RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell, A100, L4, A30
- CreateOS Sandbox vs CerebriumA serverless platform that runs Python apps in autoscaling CPU or GPU containers, exposed as REST, streaming or WebSocket endpoints and billed per second.
- Built for:
- Real-time AI inference as autoscaling endpoints
- GPU:
- Yes: B200, H200, H100, RTX PRO 6000, A100, L40S, L4, A10, T4, Inferentia2, Trainium
- CreateOS Sandbox vs RunpodA GPU cloud with per-second billed GPU and CPU Pods, serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero, and multi-node Instant Clusters.
- Built for:
- GPU fine-tuning, training, rendering and inference; serverless endpoints
- GPU:
- Yes: H100, A100, L40S, RTX 4090 and others
- CreateOS Sandbox vs CrusoeAn AI cloud renting GPU and CPU virtual machines, managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters, and managed inference and fine-tuning APIs.
- Built for:
- Large-scale training and inference on 8-GPU VMs and clusters
- GPU:
- Yes: GB200, B300, B200, H200, H100, A100, L40S, AMD MI300X, MI355X
- CreateOS Sandbox vs PaperspaceA GPU cloud, now part of DigitalOcean, offering Linux GPU and CPU virtual machines, hosted Jupyter notebooks and container deployments.
- Built for:
- ML development in notebooks and GPU VMs
- GPU:
- Yes: H100, A100, A100-80G, V100, A6000, A5000, A4000 and more; H100 requires approval
- CreateOS Sandbox vs ReplicateA cloud API for running open and custom machine learning models, packaged as Cog containers and billed per second of hardware or per output.
- Built for:
- Running packaged ML models through an API
- GPU:
- Yes: H200, H100, A100 80GB, L40S, T4; up to 8 per instance
- CreateOS Sandbox vs SF ComputeA GPU compute market where you buy and resell blocks of 8-GPU node time by the hour and boot GPU VMs on what you own.
- Built for:
- Buying and reselling 8-GPU node time for training and inference
- GPU:
- Yes: H100, H200 (A100 appears in SKU examples)
- CreateOS Sandbox vs HyperstackA GPU cloud from NexGen Cloud with per-minute GPU and CPU virtual machines, on-demand Kubernetes and an inference platform called AI Studio.
- Built for:
- Training, fine-tuning and inference on rented NVIDIA GPUs
- GPU:
- Yes: B300, B200, H200, H100, A100, RTX PRO 6000 SE, L40, RTX A6000, RTX A4000
- CreateOS Sandbox vs BasetenAn inference platform that deploys models as autoscaling GPU endpoints, offers per-token Model APIs and runs training jobs, billed per minute.
- Built for:
- Production model inference, Model APIs and training jobs
- GPU:
- Yes: B200, H200, H100, H100 MIG, A100, RTX PRO 6000, A10G, L4, T4
- CreateOS Sandbox vs OVHcloud GPUGPU virtual machines in OVHcloud Public Cloud, with NVIDIA GPUs passed through to KVM instances and hourly or monthly billing.
- Built for:
- Training, inference, rendering and HPC on dedicated NVIDIA GPUs
- GPU:
- Yes: H200, H100, A100, L40S, L4, A10, Quadro RTX 5000, V100/V100S
Common questions
How do I choose an AI sandbox?
Start from the job. For agent-written or user-submitted code, compare the isolation (micro-VM or container), what pause keeps, the outbound network default, the session length and how billing is metered. Each comparison here checks those against the vendor's own docs and dates the check.
What does CreateOS Sandbox cost?
$0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and $0.01159025 per GiB-hour, billed per second, plus $0.0001584 per GB-hour of storage. There are no egress fees, and each sandbox has a 50 GiB bandwidth budget by default. While a sandbox is paused, vCPU stops billing and memory and storage still bill.
Is there a self-hosted alternative to a managed sandbox?
Some vendors publish platforms you run yourself, such as Perplexity's open-source SPACE; each comparison's self-host row says what the vendor documents. CreateOS Sandbox runs on your own hardware or cloud account for enterprise customers only, onboarded and managed by our team. It is not an open-source, run-it-yourself control plane.
Why compare a sandbox with clouds, browsers and CI services?
Teams run agent code on all of them. A VPS, a cloud browser or a CI runner can do part of the job, and each comparison says where that product is the better fit and where a sandbox API saves you work.
How current are these comparisons?
Each page shows the date its facts were checked against the vendor's docs and pricing pages, and lists those sources. CreateOS facts were checked against our docs on 17 October 2026. Pricing changes often, so confirm on the vendor's page before you buy.
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