AgentBay vs Deno Sandbox

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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AgentBay

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
Not listed

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

AgentBay
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Isolation
AgentBay: Container
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
AgentBay: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
AgentBay: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
AgentBay: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
AgentBay: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AgentBay
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AgentBay: $0.050
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AgentBay: $0.099
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AgentBay: $0.198
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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 use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.099 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

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