Agent Sandbox vs Mosaic Sandbox

Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Mosaic 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

Mosaic Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
Mosaic Sandbox
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
Mosaic Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

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

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