Agent Sandbox vs OpenPond Sandboxes

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

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Agent Sandbox

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

OpenPond Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
OpenPond Sandboxes
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
OpenPond Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475

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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 use Claude Code.

OpenPond Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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