AgentBay vs Cloudflare Sandbox

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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AgentBay

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
Not listed

Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

AgentBay
Cloudflare Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Isolation
AgentBay: Container
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
AgentBay: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
AgentBay: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
AgentBay: Container
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
AgentBay: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
AgentBay: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Pause and resume
AgentBay: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code

Trust

License
AgentBay: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
AgentBay: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AgentBay
Cloudflare Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AgentBay: $0.050
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AgentBay: $0.099
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AgentBay: $0.198
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360

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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 use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.099 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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