AgentBay vs EQVPS Sandboxes

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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AgentBay

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
Not listed

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

AgentBay
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Isolation
AgentBay: Container
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
AgentBay: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
AgentBay: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
AgentBay: Container
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
AgentBay: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
AgentBay: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
AgentBay: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
AgentBay: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
AgentBay: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AgentBay
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AgentBay: $0.050
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AgentBay: $0.099
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AgentBay: $0.198
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

AgentBay fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.099 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.

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