AgentBay vs Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

AgentBay

Cloud sandboxes for browser, desktop, mobile and code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Free Basic plan
Max session: Not listed

Visit site AgentBay profile

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agent workloads.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox profile

What is different

2 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

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AgentBay

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Storage: AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price
Isolation: AgentBay: Container; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

AgentBayalibabacloud.com/help/en/agentbay/product-overview/agentbay-billing-instructionsalibabacloud.com

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandboxalibabacloud.com/help/en/cs/user-guide/agent-sandboxalibabacloud.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: AgentBay: $0.027; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: AgentBay: $0.0113; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price
Free tier: AgentBay: Free Basic plan; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: AgentBay: Pay as you go; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing: AgentBay: Per second; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: AgentBay: Not listed; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop: AgentBay: Not listed; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: AgentBay: Up to 200; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: AgentBay: Container; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM
GPU: AgentBay: Not listed; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No
Snapshots: AgentBay: Not listed; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:
Pause and resume: AgentBay: Not listed; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Integrations: AgentBay: MCP; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: AgentBay: Not listed; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: AgentBay: Not listed; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

AgentBay

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: AgentBay: $0.050; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: AgentBay: $0.099; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: AgentBay: $0.198; Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

You use MCP.

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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