Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs RemoteHost

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 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

RemoteHost

Persistent, hardware-isolated microVMs for coding agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 7-day free trial
Max session: 72 hours

Visit site RemoteHost profile

What is different

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

Field

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

RemoteHost

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; RemoteHost: Free
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

RemoteHostremotehost.ai/pricingremotehost.ai

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: Included
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; RemoteHost: Free
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

RemoteHost

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; RemoteHost: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

RemoteHost fits when

You use MCP.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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