AgentBay vs Buddy Sandboxes

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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AgentBay

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
Not listed

Buddy Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$1 of usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

AgentBay
Buddy Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Isolation
AgentBay: Container
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
AgentBay: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
AgentBay: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
AgentBay: Container
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
AgentBay: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
AgentBay: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
AgentBay: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
AgentBay: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
AgentBay: Not listed
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AgentBay
Buddy Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AgentBay: $0.050
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AgentBay: $0.099
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AgentBay: $0.198
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 12 vCPU · 24 GiB.
  • You need ISO 27001.

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.086 against $0.099 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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