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MIOSA vs Freestyle
Freestyle and MIOSA both give AI agents their own Linux machines. This page compares them on the independent ComputeSDK benchmark, on the capabilities MIOSA documents, and on the things Freestyle does that MIOSA does not, stated plainly.
What Freestyle is
Freestyle (freestyle.sh) provides “Full Linux VMs for AI Agents”, aimed at agent platforms and app builders, described in its public documentation at freestyle.sh (as of October 2026). Its own pages describe full Debian with systemd, nested virtualization (Docker, K3s, and VMs running inside), eBPF and FUSE, live cloning of a running VM including its memory, pause/resume, a deny-by-default firewall, preview URLs with custom domains and HTTPS, WireGuard access to private networks, and multi-tenant git hosting through an API. It was announced on Hacker News (Launch HN).
Freestyle’s own startup claim
Freestyle’s homepage states a machine is “ready in 65 ms”; its Launch HN post described roughly a 500 ms boot and a 320-400 ms fork. These are Freestyle’s own claims about its platform, presented here as such and not as an independent measurement.
Measured performance
The independent ComputeSDK benchmark runs the same workload against every provider. That is the only apples-to-apples number on this page.
| Metric | MIOSA | Freestyle | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burst startup, median time-to-interactive | 117.93 ms (#1 of 30) | 1437.56 ms (#21) | 2026-10-09 |
| DAX full build, best run | 39.3 s (#1 of 19) | not listed | 2026-08-28 |
Source: ComputeSDK, via our benchmark page. Burst startup is the time from a create request to the first successful command inside a fresh sandbox, under 100 concurrent creates.
Where MIOSA holds its ground
These are the dimensions MIOSA documents on this site, so they can be compared directly:
- Measured startup and build time under load, above.
- Persistent computers with a full Linux desktop, not only headless machines. See Computers.
- Deployments and App Engine, so a machine becomes a versioned URL or a containerized app. See Deployments.
- White-label platform for branded, multi-tenant products. See White-label setup.
- Preview URLs and custom domains with HTTPS. See Previews and Domains.
- Pause, resume, snapshots, and fork with memory. A fork of a running sandbox inherits its disk and memory state, and a running computer can branch into several copies. See Sandbox lifecycle and Snapshots.
- Git hosting with Forge. Create repositories and clone them into machines. See CLI platform commands.
- Managed Postgres, Redis, MySQL, and Qdrant. See Data.
- Regions and OpenComputers for machines you own. See Regions and OpenComputers.
- MCP, a CLI, and six SDKs over one API. See MCP, CLI, SDKs.
Where Freestyle leads
Freestyle documents capabilities that MIOSA does not offer today. These are real differences, and worth weighing if you need them:
- Nested virtualization: running VMs or K3s inside the machine. MIOSA sandboxes do not support nested virtualization.
- WireGuard access to your private networks. MIOSA does not offer WireGuard tunnels from a machine into a customer network today.
Pricing
Freestyle’s published pricing (from freestyle.sh/pricing, as of October 2026):
| Plan | Price | Concurrency |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 10 concurrent VMs |
| Hobby | $50 / mo | - |
| Pro | $500 / mo | 400 concurrent |
| Enterprise | Custom | 99.99% SLA, SSO/SCIM, audit logs |
Metered usage on the same page: $0.04032 per vCPU-hour, $0.0129 per GiB-hour of memory, $0.000086 per GiB-hour of storage, $0.02 per GB egress, with a maximum of 32 vCPU / 64 GiB memory / 256 GiB disk per VM on Pro. For MIOSA’s published rates, see Pricing.
When to choose each
- Choose Freestyle if you specifically need nested virtualization or WireGuard tunnels into your own private network.
- Choose MIOSA if you want measured-fast sandbox startup, persistent computers with a desktop, deployments, managed data, and a white-label multi-tenant surface in one platform; if you need the features in “Where Freestyle leads”, Freestyle is the better fit for those.
Sources
- Freestyle public documentation and pricing: https://freestyle.sh and https://www.freestyle.sh/pricing (as of October 2026).
- Freestyle Launch HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663147.
- ComputeSDK benchmark results, via our Benchmark page (2026-10-09).
- MIOSA capabilities, as documented on this site.