Apify AI Code Sandbox vs Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 24 hours
Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
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
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Snapshots
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

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

Trust

License
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300

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 24 hours.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.800 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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