Agent Sandbox vs RemoteHost

Agent Sandbox runs containers. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Agent Sandbox

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

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
RemoteHost
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
RemoteHost: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

RemoteHost fits when

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

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