Agent Sandbox vs Zipbox

Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Agent Sandbox runs containers. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs 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

Zipbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Agent Sandbox
Zipbox
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Agent Sandbox: $0.0005/MB for output files
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Agent Sandbox: $10 credit with a Google sign-in
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Agent Sandbox: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
Agent Sandbox: After 5 minutes
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Agent Sandbox: Container
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs
Agent Sandbox: Python
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Agent Sandbox: Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Agent Sandbox
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.027

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Zipbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP, the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
  • You want the larger free credit: $25 against $10.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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