Agent Sandbox vs Sailboxes

Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Sailboxes runs full VMs 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

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
Sailboxes
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes:
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Agent Sandbox fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $10 against $5.

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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