AgentBay vs OpenPond Sandboxes

AgentBay costs $0.027 per vCPU-hour and OpenPond Sandboxes costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. AgentBay runs containers. OpenPond Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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AgentBay

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free Basic plan
Max session
Not listed

OpenPond Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

AgentBay
OpenPond Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10
Isolation
AgentBay: Container
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
AgentBay: $0.027
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
AgentBay: $0.0113
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage
AgentBay: $0.000045 per GiB-hour after 100 free GiB
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
AgentBay: Free Basic plan
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
AgentBay: Pay as you go
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Billing
AgentBay: Per second
OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
AgentBay: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
AgentBay: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
AgentBay: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
AgentBay: Up to 200
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
AgentBay: Python, TypeScript, Go, Java
OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
AgentBay: MCP
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
AgentBay: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
AgentBay: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

AgentBay
OpenPond Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
AgentBay: $0.050
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
AgentBay: $0.099
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
AgentBay: $0.198
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475

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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 $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

OpenPond Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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