# Limrun

Official pricing: https://lim.run  
Category: macos · Isolation: apple-vm

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **Native product; see regime notes** (resource) [alt]

## Features

Yes: snapshots, persistent disk, idle auto-stop, ≥24 h sessions, custom image (Docker or snapshot), start from your own snapshot, full VM (own kernel), browser, computer-use API, browser + desktop control, HTTPS preview URLs, static egress IP, SSO, arm64, macOS, Python, Node.js, webhooks, EU data residency, scoped API keys, MCP server, automatic snapshots, gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), inbound access rules

No: memory snapshots, fork/clone, pause/resume, volumes, your own Docker/OCI image, Docker inside, nested virtualization, desktop GUI, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, preinstalled agents, SSH, public IPv4, egress allowlist, self-hosting, BYOC, open source, SOC 2, HIPAA, GPU, Windows, HTTP method/path egress rules, wake on request, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, snapshots on demand, agent harness API, hosted agent API (their own agent), firewall inside (nftables), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API, extra volumes, shared volumes

Unknown: everything else. Evidence (source + quote) per feature: https://battleships.dev/data/providers/limrun.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- Public remote Xcode builds and streamed simulators with native automation APIs and log/video recording. Website advertises idle vs build-time rates but publishes no numbers on captured page; contact-sales. iOS simulator is not macOS desktop VM equivalence. Android also supported.
- Null values mean unknown, not free/unlimited. No model-token cost, tax or unverified ancillary charge included.
- Native browser/device/task/credit prices with unknown CPU/RAM are deliberately non-priceable. Check regime before interpreting any partial resource estimate.
- Billing model (from the official OpenAPI spec, no prices): subscription plans with monthlyPrice/yearlyPrice/minutePrice and included monthlyMinutes (credit-minutes that refill monthly). Usage is metered in credits on graduated tiers (labels like 'First 50,000' ... '5,000,001 and above'). Some plans have no overage ('overageRate ... absent when the plan has no overage'). Build instances are priced per phase (build, cache, sync, apiWork, idle); otherwise they are billed on wall-clock. Orgs carry concurrencyLimit and maxConcurrencyLimit. Terms: 'Limrun offers usage-based, monthly, and annual subscription plans. The fees, usage rates ... presented at checkout or set forth in an applicable order form will apply.'
- Homepage advertises 'Idle/build time pricing' for remote Xcode (idle priced differently from build), with no numbers. /pricing returns 404, and Wayback has no pricing-page captures.

## How this provider charges


YC: Spring 2026; directory status **Active**. Research scope: public-product-researched. Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/limrun

Remote Xcode/iOS/Android

## Regime table

| Regime | When it applies | How billed | Numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native product; see regime notes | Incomplete or non-resource economics: rates remain null, never interpreted as free. | resource; CPU alloc, memory alloc | Unknown or native-unit billing; see facts below | https://lim.run |
| Current applicable tariff unverified | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=None; included usage=$None; concurrent=None; max session h=None | https://lim.run |
| Retained disk / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://lim.run |
| Snapshots / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://lim.run |
| Egress / GiB | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://lim.run |
| IPv4 / month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://lim.run |

## Verified billing facts and gotchas

1. Public remote Xcode builds and streamed simulators with native automation APIs and log/video recording. Website advertises idle vs build-time rates but publishes no numbers on captured page; contact-sales. iOS simulator is not macOS desktop VM equivalence. Android also supported.

## Worked example

Requested: 4 vCPU/8 GiB, 50 simultaneous × 8 h/day × 22 days = **8,800 instance-hours**, 30% CPU; 50 GiB snapshots and 100 GiB egress. A month is 730 hours only when explicitly used in rate conversion.

**Total: unknown.** This product does not publish a verified complete 4-vCPU/8-GiB tariff and/or the service bills a different unit. Fifty concurrent instances and eight-hour sessions are not automatically supported. Neither 30% utilization nor retained snapshots can be converted into free resources. Use the native plan terms above and request the missing CPU/RAM, retention, egress and concurrency quote.

## Sources and coverage

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/limrun
- https://limrun.com/
- https://limrun.com/llms.txt

Page captures and documentation indexes/bundles are in `raw/`; provider JSON lists the evidence paths. HN query results were captured separately as `<id>--hn.txt`; they are discovery leads, not current tariff authority. Downloaded docs do not imply every feature was verified; unsupported assertions remain null.