Agent Sandbox vs Cloudflare Sandbox

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Agent Sandbox

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$10 credit with a Google sign-in
Max session
Not listed

Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Agent Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want to start without paying.

Cloudflare 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.

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