Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox vs Thunder Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox runs microVMs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolated, short-lived sandboxes for agents, GPU optional.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Thunder Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Thunder Sandboxes

Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Isolation: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: MicroVM; Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: No; Thunder Sandboxes:

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Thunder Sandboxesthundercompute.com/pricingthundercompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: First 30 GiB free while running, extra at the cloud disk price; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Pay as you go; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Per second; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox

Thunder Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Alibaba Cloud Agent Sandbox fits when

You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.

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