Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Modal

Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

Modal

Serverless compute with sandboxes and GPUs.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: $30 credit every month
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Modal profile

What is different

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

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Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Modal

Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Modal: gVisor
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; Modal:

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

Modalmodal.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: $0.024012
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Modal: Not listed
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Modal: Pay as you go
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Modal: Per second

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: 24 hours
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: Claude Agent SDK

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Modal

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Modal: $0.476

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You need pause and resume.

Modal fits when

You need GPUs.
You use the Claude Agent SDK.
You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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