Beam Sandboxes vs Declaw

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and Declaw costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Beam Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Declaw

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Beam Sandboxes
Declaw
vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
Declaw: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Declaw: $0.0162
Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
Declaw: 72 hours
Isolation
Beam Sandboxes: Container
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
Declaw: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Declaw: $0.0162
Storage
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: Pay as you go
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
Declaw: Per second

Limits

Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
Declaw: 72 hours
Idle stop
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: Up to 500

Platform

Isolation
Beam Sandboxes: Container
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Beam Sandboxes:
Declaw: Not listed
Snapshots
Beam Sandboxes:
Declaw:
Pause and resume
Beam Sandboxes:
Declaw:

Developer

SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Declaw: Not listed
BYOC
Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account
Declaw: Deploy in your VPC. Book a call.

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Beam Sandboxes
Declaw
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.114
Declaw: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.227
Declaw: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.454
Declaw: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Beam Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 72 hours.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Declaw fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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