Beam Sandboxes vs RemoteHost

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. RemoteHost 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

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Beam Sandboxes
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
RemoteHost: Included
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Isolation
Beam Sandboxes: Container
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Beam Sandboxes
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.114
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.227
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.454
RemoteHost: Not listed

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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.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.

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