Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Krova Cloud

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox costs $0.017856 per vCPU-hour and Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
24 hours

Krova Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox
Krova Cloud
vCPU, per hour
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.017856
Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.008928
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Storage
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.00025308 per GiB-hour after 15 free GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Max session
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: 24 hours
Krova Cloud: No limit
Isolation
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.017856
Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.008928
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Storage
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.00025308 per GiB-hour after 15 free GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second
Krova Cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: 24 hours
Krova Cloud: No limit
Idle stop
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Up to 300
Krova Cloud: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox
Krova Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.036
Krova Cloud: $0.006
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.071
Krova Cloud: $0.012
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: $0.143
Krova Cloud: $0.024

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

Krova Cloud fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.012 against $0.071 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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