Apify AI Code Sandbox vs Sailboxes

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. Sailboxes runs full VMs 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

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Sailboxes: $0.008
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
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Sailboxes: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Sailboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Sailboxes: $0.008
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
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: 8 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
Sailboxes: $0.124

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Apify AI Code Sandbox fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need GDPR.

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.800 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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