CreateOS Sandbox vs Netcup
netcup is the pick for a cheap, always-on server in Europe, especially if you want dedicated AMD EPYC cores and can sign a 1, 12 or 24 month contract. CreateOS Sandbox is the pick when agent code needs a machine for minutes, billed per second and thrown away after. The two rarely compete for the same job.
Pricing at a Glance
CreateOS rates verified 17 October 2026. netcup 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
netcup
On a 12-month term excluding VAT, VPS plans run from EUR 8.26 per month (2 vCPU, 4 GB) to EUR 67.11 (16 vCPU, 64 GB) and root servers from EUR 12.93 (2 cores, 4 GB) to EUR 289.46 (24 cores, 128 GB), as of 17 October 2026.
Where CreateOS Sandbox Fits Better
What CreateOS Sandbox brings to this matchup, with a plain note on where netcup has the edge.
No contract: sandboxes bill per second while running, against netcup terms of 1, 12 or 24 months.
Pause keeps memory and CPU registers, not only the disk, so a long agent session can stop and resume.
Six SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server to create and destroy sandboxes from agent code; netcup mentions API access but publishes no SDK or CLI.
Where netcup is strong
Very low monthly prices for dedicated-core KVM root servers and generously sized VPS plans, with snapshots and image import and export included.
Which to Pick
Pick CreateOS Sandbox if
- Your workload is bursts of agent tasks, not a standing server
- You need to fork a prepared environment into several copies
- You want each run isolated in its own micro-VM and destroyed when done
Pick netcup if
- You want a server that runs all year at a fixed monthly price
- You want dedicated cores, up to 24 on the RS 16000
- You need a location in Vienna, Nuremberg, Amsterdam, Manassas or Singapore
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 | netcup |
|---|---|---|
| Isolation | Firecracker micro-VM with its own guest kernel | Full VM (KVM stated for root servers) |
| Create and destroy by API | Yes: REST API, CLI, SDKs for TypeScript, Go, Python, Rust, C# and Java (all but TypeScript pre-1.0), and an MCP server with create, exec and destroy tools | API access mentioned on the VPS page; SDKs and CLI not published |
| Memory snapshot (pause and resume) | Yes: pause saves disk, memory and CPU state; vCPU stops billing while paused, memory and storage still bill | No memory snapshot; disk snapshots included |
| Fork | Yes: fork a paused sandbox into new, independent sandboxes | Not published |
| Outbound network controls | Open with no rules; deny-by-default once any host, IP, CIDR or wildcard rule exists, enforced on the host outside the VM | Not published |
| Billing granularity | Per second while running, no minimums: $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour, $0.01159025 per GiB-hour | Monthly contract of 1, 12 or 24 months; no hourly billing found |
| Largest size | 8 vCPU / 16 GB on Enterprise (8 / 8 Pro, 4 / 4 Beginner, 1 / 1 Free) | RS 16000 G12.5: 24 dedicated cores, 128 GB, 2 TB NVMe (on request); VPS 8000: 16 vCPU, 64 GB |
| GPU | No GPU shapes | Not published |
Common Questions
Does netcup offer hourly or per-second billing?
Not on the pages checked. netcup sells VPS plans and root servers on 1, 12 or 24 month contracts. CreateOS Sandbox bills per second only while a sandbox runs, with the same rate on every plan and no monthly commitment.
Can I create and delete netcup servers from code for each agent task?
netcup mentions API access on its VPS page, but it publishes no SDK or CLI, and servers are sold on contract terms. CreateOS is built for that loop: create, exec and destroy from TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, C# or Java, the CLI, REST or MCP.
Is netcup or CreateOS cheaper for a 16 GB machine?
For a server that runs all month, netcup: VPS 2000 is EUR 26.92 per month for 8 vCPU and 16 GB on a 12-month term. CreateOS charges $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and $0.01159025 per GiB-hour per second, so it costs less only when a sandbox runs a small fraction of the month.
Sources
Checked 17 October 2026.
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