Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs EQVPS Sandboxes

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox costs $0.017856 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

Updated

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.017856
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.008928
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.00025308 per GiB-hour after 15 free GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Max session
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: 24 hours
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Up to 300
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Isolation
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.017856
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.008928
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.00025308 per GiB-hour after 15 free GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: 24 hours
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Up to 300
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox:
EQVPS Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.036
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.071
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.143
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

Compute only, at list rates.

Open the calculator

Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.071 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.

More comparisons

See all comparisons

Related