CreateOS Sandbox vs Baponi
Pick Baponi if your agents fire many short scripts at data in your own buckets and you want one HTTP call per run, no lifecycle and network blocked by default. Pick CreateOS Sandbox if the agent needs a full Linux machine that stays up, runs any language or toolchain, serves a port, and isolates with a VM rather than a process jail.
Pricing at a Glance
CreateOS rates verified 17 October 2026. Baponi pricing as published on 17 October 2026. Rates billed per GB rather than per GiB, or as bundled sizes, are quoted as published rather than converted.
CreateOS Sandbox
- Compute
- $0.0362 /vCPU-hr
- Memory
- $0.0116 /GiB-hr
Baponi
Baponi charges in credits, where 1 credit is 60 seconds of 1 CPU and 1 GiB: 1,000 credits a month free, Pro at $97 per month for 10,000 credits and then $1.00 per 1,000 credits, as of 17 October 2026.
Where CreateOS Sandbox Fits Better
What CreateOS Sandbox brings to this matchup, with a plain note on where Baponi has the edge.
A Firecracker micro-VM with its own guest kernel per sandbox, where Baponi isolates with nsjail rather than a VM.
Sandboxes stay up with no lifetime cap, against a Baponi per-execution limit of 60 seconds on Free and 1 hour on Pro.
Run any toolchain: devbox:1 carries Python, Node.js, Go, Rust, Bun and Docker, and an opt-in HTTPS URL can expose a dev server.
CreateOS is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, with reports available under NDA. Baponi says its SOC 2 Type 1 preparation starts in Q4 2026.
Where Baponi is strong
Baponi is the simplest integration in this set for short agent tool calls: one HTTP or MCP call, no lifecycle to manage, no idle billing, network blocked by default, and bucket mounts where storage credentials never enter the sandbox, all self-hostable for regulated teams.
Which to Pick
Pick CreateOS Sandbox if
- Your agent works in one environment across many steps or hours.
- It needs Docker, Go, Rust or a running server with a URL.
- Your threat model calls for VM isolation.
Pick Baponi if
- Every tool call is a short script in Python, Node.js or Bash.
- You want network blocked by default and nothing running between calls.
- You need the whole platform in your own Kubernetes cluster, including air-gapped.
Head-to-Head Comparison
Every dimension side by side, checked on 17 October 2026 against each vendor's own docs and pricing pages. "Not published" means we could not find it on the vendor's pages, not that the feature is missing.
| Dimension | CreateOS Sandbox | Baponi |
|---|---|---|
| Isolation | Firecracker micro-VM with its own guest kernel, root filesystem and network identity | Hardened nsjail process sandbox (namespaces, seccomp-bpf, zero capabilities); not a VM |
| Pause and resume | Saves disk, memory and CPU state; vCPU stops billing while paused, memory and storage still bill | Fresh sandbox per call; a thread_id persists /home/baponi across calls |
| Outbound network default | Open with no rules; deny-by-default once any host, IP, CIDR or wildcard rule exists, enforced on the host outside the VM | Blocked by default; blocked or unrestricted per API key |
| Inbound access | Closed by default; opt-in public HTTPS URL, plus API-authenticated shell and port tunnels | None; request and response only (inline, NDJSON streaming or webhook) |
| Largest size | 8 vCPU / 16 GB on Enterprise (Pro 8 vCPU / 8 GB, Beginner 4 / 4, Free 1 / 1) | Free 1 CPU / 1 GiB, Pro 4 CPU / 4 GiB, Enterprise unlimited (self-hosted) |
| Concurrency | Free 1, Beginner 5, Pro 20, Enterprise 30; paused sandboxes count toward the cap | Free 5, Pro 100, Enterprise unlimited concurrent runs |
| Session length | No lifetime cap; optional idle auto-pause from 60 s to 24 h, off by default | Per execution: Free 60 seconds, Pro 1 hour, Enterprise unlimited |
| Billing | Per second: $0.03616363/vCPU-hr, $0.01159025/GiB-hr, storage $0.0001584/GB-hr; no egress fees, 50 GiB bandwidth budget per sandbox | Credits per run: 1 credit = 60 s x 1 CPU x 1 GiB; Pro $97/month for 10,000 credits |
| Self-host or BYOC | Enterprise only, onboarded by our team; not open source | Enterprise: the whole platform on your Kubernetes cluster via Helm, including air-gapped; not open source |
Common Questions
Does Baponi run code in a VM?
No. Baponi runs each call in a hardened nsjail process sandbox using Linux namespaces, a seccomp-bpf allowlist, zero capabilities and its own network namespace. CreateOS Sandbox runs each sandbox as a Firecracker micro-VM with its own guest kernel.
Which languages can a Baponi sandbox run?
Python, Node.js and Bash. CreateOS Sandbox's devbox:1 image carries Python 3.12, Node.js 24, Bun, Go, Rust and Docker, and you can build a custom root filesystem from a Dockerfile through Templates.
How long can one Baponi execution take?
Up to 60 seconds on Free and 1 hour on Pro, with no limit on self-hosted Enterprise, and nothing runs between calls. A CreateOS sandbox stays up until you destroy or pause it, so long tasks and background processes keep running.
Sources
Checked 17 October 2026.
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