CreateOS Sandbox vs Remote Browser
Remote Browser is the low-cost option for individual developers: $4.90 a month buys 30 browser-hours, stealth is on by default, and profiles keep logins. CreateOS Sandbox suits production agent work that needs more than 10 active environments and a documented isolation model.
Pricing at a Glance
CreateOS rates verified 17 October 2026. Remote Browser 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
Remote Browser
Free includes 1 browser-hour per month, Developer costs $0.10 for the first month then $4.90/month for 30 browser-hours, and a one-time top-up of $4.90 buys 20 browser-hours, as of 17 October 2026.
Where CreateOS Sandbox Fits Better
What CreateOS Sandbox brings to this matchup, with a plain note on where Remote Browser has the edge.
Pro allows 20 concurrent sandboxes and Enterprise 30, past Remote Browser's 10 active browsers on its self-serve plan.
Isolation is a documented Firecracker micro-VM rather than an unspecified isolated session.
A full Linux VM where the agent's own code runs next to Chrome in the desktop:1 image.
Where Remote Browser is strong
A very low entry price with stealth on by default, persistent profiles, and ready-made integrations for popular agent runtimes such as Hermes, OpenClaw, Codex and Claude.
Which to Pick
Pick CreateOS Sandbox if
- You need more than 10 environments running at once.
- Your agent runs code, not only a browser.
- You need published limits for a production rollout.
Pick Remote Browser if
- You are an individual developer who needs a cheap remote Chromium with saved logins.
- Ten active browsers is enough.
- You want stealth and proxy options without configuring them.
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 | Remote Browser |
|---|---|---|
| What you get (browser vs full Linux machine) | Full Linux micro-VM; the desktop:1 image adds an XFCE desktop, Google Chrome and a computer-use API | Isolated cloud Chromium session returned as a CDP WebSocket URL, with a live viewer |
| Isolation | Firecracker micro-VM with its own guest kernel, root filesystem and network identity | Isolated cloud browser session (vendor-stated); mechanism not published |
| Session length | No lifetime cap; optional idle auto-pause from 60 s to 24 h, off by default | Configurable idle timeout auto-stops browsers; maximum lifetime not published |
| Run arbitrary code | Yes: exec, shell, files and managed processes; devbox:1 ships Python 3.12, Node.js 24, Go, Rust and Docker | Browser runtime; general code execution not published |
| Outbound network | Open with no rules; deny-by-default once any host, IP, CIDR or wildcard rule exists, enforced on the host outside the VM | Optional proxy egress (residential, mobile, datacenter; rotating or sticky); allowlist controls not published |
| Billing | Per second: $0.03616363/vCPU-hr, $0.01159025/GiB-hr, storage $0.0001584/GB-hr; no per-GB egress price, 50 GiB bandwidth budget per sandbox | Free (1 browser-hour/month); Developer $4.90/mo (30 browser-hours); top-up $4.90 for 20 hours |
| Pause and resume | Pause saves disk, memory and CPU state; vCPU stops billing, memory and storage still bill | Persistent sessions and profiles keep cookies, tabs, logins and history across runs |
| Interfaces | SDKs in TypeScript, Go, Python, Rust, C# and Java (all but TypeScript pre-1.0), CLI, MCP server, REST API | npm SDK, REST API, Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, browser-use, raw CDP |
Common Questions
Who runs Remote Browser?
OnFinality operates it, according to the GitHub organisation that hosts its integration examples, and the console and backend are closed source. CreateOS self-hosting is Enterprise only and is not an open-source install either.
How many browsers can Remote Browser run at once?
One active browser on Free and 10 on Developer, with 1 and 20 saved profiles respectively. CreateOS caps concurrent sandboxes at 1, 5, 20 and 30 across its plans, counting paused sandboxes toward the cap.
What does Remote Browser cost per hour?
Developer costs $4.90 a month for 30 browser-hours, and a one-time $4.90 top-up buys 20 more, about $0.245 per hour. CreateOS bills per second; a 1 vCPU / 1 GB sandbox running for 20 minutes costs about $0.016.
Sources
Checked 17 October 2026.
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