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Stateful Firecracker microVMs that checkpoint, hibernate, and wake instantly.

Runs

126

measured

Total p50

15.50 s

wall time

Total p99

33.89 s

tail latency

Cold start p50

416 ms

create → ready

Avg cost

$0.00033

per run

Success

91.3%

10–117–0 record

+Head to head

Sprites vs the field

Where Sprites lands against every other tested sandbox. Switch the stat to compare on speed, tail latency, cold start, cost, reliability, or the objective composite.

Vs the field

Sprites ranks 8th of 8 on Speed · p50

lower is better

+Per workload

Wall time by workload

median total wall time · fastest first

WorkloadRunsTotal p50Total p99Success
build a Next.js app116.93 s11.88 s0%
Cold start326.82 s12.00 s100%
filesystem storm2619.32 s24.45 s100%
git clone2613.29 s24.59 s100%
npm install1620.20 s26.39 s100%
python import1525.38 s35.41 s100%
+Recent runs

Wall time, recent runs

pass fail
WorkloadTotalCostOK
Cold start6.65 s$0.00013
Cold start11.32 s$0.00013
git clone14.17 s$0.00027
npm install15.78 s$0.00030
python import28.31 s$0.00056
git clone13.11 s$0.00026
filesystem storm15.59 s$0.00030
Cold start6.78 s$0.00013
npm install15.23 s$0.00030
filesystem storm19.25 s$0.00038
git clone12.86 s$0.00025
Cold start6.78 s$0.00013
filesystem storm18.64 s$0.00036
python import25.16 s$0.00050
git clone13.16 s$0.00025
Cold start6.89 s$0.00013
npm install15.44 s$0.00030
git clone13.16 s$0.00026
filesystem storm19.53 s$0.00038
Cold start6.96 s$0.00013
python import25.47 s$0.00050
build a Next.js app6.85 s$0.00030
npm install15.66 s$0.00030
git clone14.64 s$0.00028
filesystem storm19.52 s$0.00038
Cold start5.91 s$0.00011
git clone13.36 s$0.00026
filesystem storm16.38 s$0.00032
Cold start5.99 s$0.00011
Cold start6.13 s$0.00011
Cold start7.11 s$0.00013
git clone23.00 s$0.00045
git clone14.02 s$0.00027
filesystem storm19.02 s$0.00037
filesystem storm23.61 s$0.00047
python import35.46 s$0.00070
Cold start10.90 s$0.00021
python import23.54 s$0.00046
Cold start12.02 s$0.00023
npm install15.56 s$0.00030
npm install24.94 s$0.00049
git clone22.95 s$0.00045
git clone24.81 s$0.00049
filesystem storm18.83 s$0.00037
filesystem storm18.75 s$0.00036
Cold start11.95 s$0.00023
Cold start6.80 s$0.00013
build a Next.js app5.76 s$0.00025
python import25.31 s$0.00050
build a Next.js app11.89 s$0.00053
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