CreateOS Sandbox vs Scrapeless
Scrapeless is built for scraping protected sites through a fingerprinted browser with exit IPs in more than 195 countries. CreateOS Sandbox is built for running agent code in an isolated VM, with published limits, a documented isolation model and compliance reports. If the job is data collection, start with Scrapeless; if it is code execution, start with CreateOS.
Pricing at a Glance
CreateOS rates verified 17 October 2026. Scrapeless pricing as published on 26 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
Scrapeless
Scrapeless sells prepaid packages billed in CUs; its pricing page shows no per-unit browser rate in readable form, and its Crawl cost docs quote from $1.8/GB plus $0.09/hour for Crawl, with 30% off at high traffic, as of 26 October 2026.
Where CreateOS Sandbox Fits Better
What CreateOS Sandbox brings to this matchup, with a plain note on where Scrapeless has the edge.
CreateOS is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, with reports available under NDA.
Published limits per plan: 1, 5, 20 or 30 concurrent sandboxes and shapes up to 8 vCPU / 16 GB.
No default session TTL, where a Scrapeless session defaults to 180 seconds.
Where Scrapeless is strong
Prepaid packages with a 30% discount at high traffic, plus proxy geo-targeting in more than 195 countries and a fresh random fingerprint for each session.
Which to Pick
Pick CreateOS Sandbox if
- Agents run code that must stay isolated from other tenants.
- Your security review needs SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 reports.
- Tasks run longer than a few minutes.
Pick Scrapeless if
- You scrape protected sites and need exit IPs in many countries.
- You want hybrid traffic-plus-hours pricing with a 30% discount at high traffic.
- You already use Puppeteer or Playwright and need a stealth CDP endpoint.
Head-to-Head Comparison
Every dimension side by side, checked on 26 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 | Scrapeless |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Hosted anti-detect Chromium over a WebSocket CDP endpoint |
| Isolation | Firecracker micro-VM with its own guest kernel, root filesystem and network identity | Not published; a random fingerprint is generated per session |
| Session length | No lifetime cap; optional idle auto-pause from 60 s to 24 h, off by default | sessionTTL default 180 s, minimum 60 s, recommended maximum 900 s (longer allowed) |
| Run arbitrary code | Yes: exec, shell, files and managed processes; devbox:1 ships Python 3.12, Node.js 24, Go, Rust and Docker | Not published beyond browser automation |
| 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 | Proxy geo-targeting in 195+ countries; custom proxy for subscribers only; 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 | Prepaid CU packages; no per-unit browser rate on the pricing page (Crawl docs: from $1.8/GB + $0.09/hour) |
| Pause and resume | Pause saves disk, memory and CPU state; vCPU stops billing, memory and storage still bill | Not published |
| Interfaces | SDKs in TypeScript, Go, Python, Rust, C# and Java (all but TypeScript pre-1.0), CLI, MCP server, REST API | Node.js/TypeScript, Python and Go SDKs; Puppeteer and Playwright; MCP server (MIT) |
Common Questions
How much does the Scrapeless browser cost per hour?
Scrapeless shows no per-unit browser rate on its pricing page; it sells prepaid packages billed in CUs. Its Crawl cost docs quote from $1.8 per GB plus $0.09 per hour for Crawl, with 30% off at high traffic. CreateOS bills $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and $0.01159025 per GiB-hour, per second.
Is a Scrapeless session long enough for an agent task?
Often not by default: sessionTTL defaults to 180 seconds, with 900 seconds the recommended maximum, though longer is allowed. CreateOS sandboxes have no lifetime cap, so an agent can work for hours in one environment.
Does Scrapeless publish its concurrency limits?
No. Scrapeless says thread limits can be raised through KYC but publishes no figures. CreateOS publishes concurrent sandbox caps of 1, 5, 20 and 30 across its Free, Beginner, Pro and Enterprise plans, with paused sandboxes counted.
Sources
Checked 26 October 2026.
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