Apify AI Code Sandbox vs Lizard Sandboxes

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

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

Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Lizard Sandboxes: 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
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Lizard Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code, MCP, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Lizard Sandboxes: 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
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Apify AI Code Sandbox fits when

  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.800 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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