Agent Sandbox vs microsandbox cloud

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs.

Updated

Agent Sandbox

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

microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
microsandbox cloud
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
microsandbox cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: No
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: No

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
microsandbox cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: $0.330

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Agent Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You need snapshots.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Related