Agent Sandbox vs Vercel Sandbox

Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Agent Sandbox

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

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
5 CPU-hours every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
Vercel Sandbox
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005 per MB for output files
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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