Apify AI Code Sandbox vs Brimble Sandboxes

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Apify AI Code Sandbox

Apify Actor that runs AI-generated code in an isolated container, with MCP, REST API and shell access.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: $5 of usage every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site Apify AI Code Sandbox profile

Brimble Sandboxes

Sandbox product of the Brimble hosting platform that runs code in gVisor containers.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Max session: 6 hours

Visit site Brimble Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

Brimble Sandboxes

Storage: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB; Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Free tier: Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month; Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Paid plan from: Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month; Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Billing: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only; Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Max session: Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit; Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Concurrent sandboxes: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256; Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
Isolation: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container; Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
SDKs: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Apify AI Code Sandboxapify.com/pricing

Brimble Sandboxesbrimble.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Storage: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Disk in the run is part of the compute price. The workspace backup goes to a key-value store at $1 per 1,000 GB-hours, plus reads and writes. Data transfer out $0.20 per GB; Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Free tier: Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month; Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Paid plan from: Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month; Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Billing: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only; Brimble Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit; Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Idle stop: Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed; Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256; Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15

Platform

Isolation: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container; Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
GPU: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed; Brimble Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed; Brimble Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript; Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Integrations: Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code; Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Apify AI Code Sandbox

Brimble Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Apify AI Code Sandbox fits when

A session must run longer than 6 hours.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Brimble Sandboxes fits when

You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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