Agent Sandbox vs Lizard Sandboxes

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Agent Sandbox

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

Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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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.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

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

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