Agent Sandbox vs Thunder Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Agent Sandbox

Hosted API that runs Python and shell code for AI agents.

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

Visit site Agent Sandbox profile

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolated, short-lived sandboxes for agents, GPU optional.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Thunder Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Agent Sandbox

Thunder Sandboxes

Storage: Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Isolation: Agent Sandbox: Container; Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Agent Sandbox: Per second; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Agent Sandbox: Python; Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Agent Sandbox

Thunder Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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