Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Sailboxes

Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Sailboxes runs full VMs 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

Sailboxes

Persistent Linux VMs for long-horizon AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $5 credit every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site Sailboxes profile

What is different

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

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Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Sailboxes

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Sailboxes: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Sailboxesdocs.sailresearch.com/sailboxes-pricingdocs.sailresearch.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Sailboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.124

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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 a desktop in the sandbox.

Sailboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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