Beam Sandboxes vs Novita Sandbox

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

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Beam Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Beam Sandboxes
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Beam Sandboxes: Container
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU
Beam Sandboxes:
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Beam Sandboxes:
Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Beam Sandboxes:
Novita Sandbox:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Beam Sandboxes
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.114
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.227
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.454
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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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 24 hours.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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