Agent Sandbox vs EQVPS Sandboxes

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

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Agent Sandbox

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

EQVPS Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Claude Code
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Claude Code
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Agent Sandbox fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $10 against $1.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

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

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