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Pricing

Fixed dollars per hour. No surprise child processes.

Three sizes. One clock. Illustrative launch pricing — labelled as such until we have a rate card we will honour.

Stateful Python execution infrastructure for AI applications.

Illustrative launch pricing in US dollars. Not a quote. A 730-hour month is used for the monthly sketch. No GST, no reserved-instance theatre.
1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM

Small

USD 0.04 / hr

~USD 29 / mo at 730 hours

A quiet desk for one long-running agent.

  • Persistent workspace
  • uv / Pixi installs kept
  • MCP connector
  • Fixed rate, no burst multiplier
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Most builders · 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM

Medium

USD 0.08 / hr

~USD 58 / mo at 730 hours

The default. Packages stay put. Agents spawn children.

  • Persistent workspace
  • uv / Pixi installs kept
  • MCP connector
  • Fixed rate, no burst multiplier
How it worksRequest Medium
4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM

Large

USD 0.14 / hr

~USD 102 / mo at 730 hours

Heavier jobs that still need a known monthly number.

  • Persistent workspace
  • uv / Pixi installs kept
  • MCP connector
  • Fixed rate, no burst multiplier
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Context

Other people sell computers too

Duty-cycle chart →
VendorShape of the billPublic unit (Sep 2026)
Modal SandboxesPer-second CPU + memoryUS$0.00003942 / core-sec, US$0.00000667 / GiB-sec (source)
E2BPlan + usage; Pro 24h capUS$0.000014 / vCPU-sec, US$0.0000045 / GiB-sec (source)
NorthflankAllocated vCPU + memory + diskUS$0.01667 / vCPU-hr, US$0.00833 / GB-hr (source)
PySmith MediumFixed $/hr while upUS$0.08 / hr, illustrative

Benchmarks, not a promise we are cheaper. At low duty cycle, per-second wins. At continuous runtime, allocated and fixed SKUs are the comparable set.

Questions

Short answers

Is this the real price?

No. These are illustrative launch SKUs so you can budget the shape. We will not invent a discount, a free-tier minute count, or a ‘typical customer saves X%’ banner.

When does the clock run?

While the instance exists. Busy or idle. If your agent is mostly off, a per-second sandbox is cheaper. See the desk post for a labelled comparison.

What about storage and egress?

Workspace disk is included at SKU quota in preview thinking; extras will be itemised when they exist. We are not printing fake GB prices.

Can I pause billing?

Not in v1. Pause is the competing product. Our wedge is the process that should not pause.

Pricing

Pick a size when preview opens.

Email hello@pysmith.com with the SKU you would actually run. We would rather hear duty cycle than a wish-list.

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