Apify AI Code Sandbox vs Sendblue Sandboxes

Apify AI Code Sandbox bills memory only, at $0.20 per GiB-hour. Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. Apify AI Code Sandbox runs containers and has no session limit. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

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Apify AI Code Sandbox

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

Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Sendblue Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Included
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.20
Sendblue 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
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $5 of usage every month
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $19 / month
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Memory only
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Apify AI Code Sandbox: No limit
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Apify AI Code Sandbox: After 15 minutes
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Up to 256
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Container
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
GPU
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Developer

SDKs
Apify AI Code Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
Apify AI Code Sandbox: MCP, Claude Code
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Apify AI Code Sandbox
Sendblue Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.400
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $0.800
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Apify AI Code Sandbox: $1.600
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

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 or Claude Code.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.
  • You need GDPR.

Sendblue Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.330 against $0.800 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $5.
  • You need HIPAA.

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