Beam Sandboxes vs Sandock

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

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Beam Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Beam Sandboxes
Sandock
Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
Sandock: 24 hours
SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
Beam Sandboxes: Per second
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Beam Sandboxes: No limit
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: MCP

Trust

License
Beam Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Beam Sandboxes
Sandock
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.114
Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.227
Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Beam Sandboxes: $0.454
Sandock: 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 24 hours.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Sandock fits when

  • You use MCP.

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