Beam Sandboxes vs Deno Sandbox

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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Beam Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

Beam Sandboxes
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Isolation
Beam Sandboxes: Container
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Beam Sandboxes
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.114
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.227
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.454
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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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 30 minutes.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.227 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

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