CreateOS Sandbox vs Superserve
Superserve and CreateOS Sandbox both run Firecracker micro-VMs with pause, fork, egress rules and no session cap, so the choice comes down to details. Pick Superserve for open-source self-hosting, brokered secrets, outbound connection logs or up to 1,000 sandboxes on Pro. Pick CreateOS Sandbox for lower per-hour rates, a documented egress default and SDKs in six languages.
Pricing at a Glance
CreateOS rates verified 17 October 2026. Superserve 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
Lower compute rate- Compute
- $0.0362 /vCPU-hr
- Memory
- $0.0116 /GiB-hr
Superserve
- Compute
- $0.0504 /vCPU-hr
- Memory
- $0.0162 /GiB-hr
Superserve bills $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and $0.0162 per GiB-hour, per second while running; Pro is $1,000/month including $1,000 of usage, and Free starts with $5 credit, as of 17 October 2026.
Where CreateOS Sandbox Fits Better
What CreateOS Sandbox brings to this matchup, with a plain note on where Superserve has the edge.
$0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and $0.01159025 per GiB-hour, below Superserve's $0.0504 and $0.0162.
The egress default is written down: open with no rules, deny-by-default once any rule exists. Superserve does not publish its default.
Official SDKs for TypeScript, Go, Python, Rust, C# and Java (all but TypeScript pre-1.0); Superserve lists TypeScript and Python.
A desktop:1 image with XFCE, Chrome and a computer-use API for computer-use agents.
Where Superserve is strong
Unlimited pause, snapshot-and-fork and proxy-brokered secrets on Firecracker, at low per-hour rates and with an open-source codebase, cover long-running agent sessions well.
Which to Pick
Pick CreateOS Sandbox if
- Per-hour cost matters and your concurrency fits within 30.
- Your stack is in Go, Rust, C# or Java.
- You want computer-use agents on a ready Linux desktop image.
Pick Superserve if
- You want to self-host the sandbox stack from open source.
- Agents call APIs and you want credentials brokered by a proxy outside the sandbox.
- You need hundreds of sandboxes at once, up to 1,000 on Pro.
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 | Superserve |
|---|---|---|
| Isolation | Firecracker micro-VM with its own guest kernel | Firecracker micro-VM |
| Pause and resume | Pause saves disk, memory and CPU state; vCPU stops billing, memory and storage still bill | Pause indefinitely with automatic resume; checkpoint and restore; snapshots at any time |
| Fork | Yes, fork a paused sandbox into many independent copies | Yes, snapshots fork into parallel branches |
| 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 | Default not published; allow/deny rules by domain and IP/CIDR; outbound HTTP/HTTPS logged |
| Inbound access | Closed by default; opt-in public HTTPS URL | Public URL per exposed port; auth not published |
| Largest size | 8 vCPU / 16 GB on Enterprise; 8 vCPU / 8 GB on Pro | Pro: 16 vCPU, 64 GiB, 64 GiB disk |
| Concurrency | 1 / 5 / 20 / 30 by plan; paused sandboxes count toward the cap | Free 20, Pro 1,000, Enterprise custom |
| Session length | No cap; idle auto-pause 60 s to 24 h, off by default | No time limit (vendor-stated) |
| Billing | Per second: $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour, $0.01159025 per GiB-hour, storage $0.0001584 per GB-hour; no egress fees, 50 GiB bandwidth budget per sandbox | Per second: $0.0504 per vCPU-hour, $0.0162 per GiB-hour |
| Self-host or BYOC | Enterprise only, onboarded by our team | Open source and self-hostable; BYOC available |
Common Questions
Is Superserve open source?
Yes. Superserve's code is on GitHub and self-hostable, with BYOC also offered; the license is not stated on the pages read. CreateOS Sandbox self-hosting is enterprise-only and onboarded by our team, with no open-source install.
Which is cheaper per hour, Superserve or CreateOS Sandbox?
At list rates, CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and $0.01159025 per GiB-hour, against Superserve's $0.0504 and $0.0162. Both bill per second while running, as of 17 October 2026.
How many sandboxes can run at once on Superserve?
Up to 20 on Free and 1,000 on Pro, with custom limits on Enterprise. CreateOS Sandbox allows 1, 5, 20 or 30 concurrent sandboxes by plan, and paused sandboxes count toward that cap.
Does Superserve work with Claude Managed Agents?
Yes. Superserve describes itself as an execution backend for Claude Managed Agents and LangChain Deep Agents, with integrations for Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode. Archil also lists Superserve as a supported sandbox for its disks.
Sources
Checked 17 October 2026.
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