Apify AI Code Sandbox vs Caged

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. Caged costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. Caged runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 4 hours.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

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

Caged

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 sandboxes a day
Max session
4 hours

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Caged
vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Caged: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Caged: Included
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
Caged: Free
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Caged: Free plan, 5 sandboxes a day
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Caged: $29 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Caged: Bundled machine time
Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Caged: 4 hours
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Caged: Up to 5
Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Caged: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Caged: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Caged: $0.06
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Caged: Included
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
Caged: Free
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Caged: Free plan, 5 sandboxes a day
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Caged: $29 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Caged: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Caged: 4 hours
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Caged: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Caged: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Caged: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Caged: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Caged: Not listed
Snapshots
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Caged: Not listed
Pause and resume
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Caged: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Caged: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Caged: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Caged: Not listed
BYOC
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Caged: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Caged
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
Caged: $0.060
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
Caged: $0.120
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
Caged: $0.240

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Apify AI Code Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 4 hours.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Caged fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.800 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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