CreateOS Sandbox vs Cloudflare
CreateOS Sandbox is an isolated, benchmarked runtime billed per second. Cloudflare: Container compute on Cloudflare's global edge network.
Pricing at a Glance
Compute and memory rates, verified June 2026. On total cost, CreateOS Sandbox adds no egress fees and pause that stops vCPU billing with your state kept.
CreateOS Sandbox
Best total cost- Compute
- $0.0362 /vCPU-hr
- Memory
- $0.0116 /GiB-hr
Cloudflare
- Compute
- $0.0720 /vCPU-hr
- Memory
- $0.0090 /GiB-hr
Why Teams Choose CreateOS Sandbox
What CreateOS Sandbox does that Cloudflare does not, with an honest note on where Cloudflare still has the edge.
Pause keeps your state; Cloudflare's sleep destroys in-memory and ephemeral disk.
Lower vCPU rate: $0.03616363 vs $0.072 per vCPU-hour.
No egress fees.
Where Cloudflare is strong
A global edge network, a generous Workers free tier, and very low RAM pricing.
Head-to-Head Comparison
Every dimension side by side. Rates verified June 2026; isolation, egress defaults, concurrency, session length, timeout behaviour, SDKs and preinstalled packages verified 7 September 2026 against each vendor's own docs and pricing pages.
| Dimension | CreateOS Sandbox | Cloudflare |
|---|---|---|
| vCPU rate | $0.03616363/vCPU-hr | $0.072/vCPU-hr |
| RAM rate | $0.01159025/GiB-hr | $0.009/GiB-hr (lower) |
| Egress | No egress fees | $0.025/GB after 1TB |
| Pause | Memory and storage only, state preserved | Sleep destroys state |
| Pricing transparency | Cost and margin published | Price only |
Common Questions
Does Cloudflare keep sandbox state when idle?
No. Cloudflare's sleep destroys in-memory state and ephemeral disk; it is not a snapshot resume. CreateOS Sandbox pauses to zero with your state preserved.
Is Cloudflare cheaper than CreateOS Sandbox?
Cloudflare's RAM rate is lower ($0.009 vs $0.01159025 per GiB-hour), but its vCPU rate is higher ($0.072 vs $0.03616363), it charges egress after 1TB, and its sleep destroys state. Rates verified June 2026.
See CreateOS Sandbox for yourself
Book a demo, or explore the Sandbox and its pricing.