Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Blaxel

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Managed microVM sandboxes for AI agent workloads.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox profile

Blaxel

Sandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Credit of up to $200
Max session: No limit

Visit site Blaxel profile

What is different

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

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Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Blaxel

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Blaxel: Memory only

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandboxalibabacloud.com/help/en/cs/user-guide/agent-sandboxalibabacloud.com

Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: $0.0414
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Blaxel: Pay as you go
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Blaxel: Memory only

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: No limit
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Blaxel: MicroVM
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; Blaxel: Not listed
Snapshots: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Blaxel:
Pause and resume: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:; Blaxel:

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Blaxel

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Blaxel: $0.331

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
You need SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

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