Blaxel vs Brimble Sandboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Blaxel

Sandboxes that pause when idle and resume with state.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Credit of up to $200
Max session: No limit

Visit site Blaxel profile

Brimble Sandboxes

Sandbox product of the Brimble hosting platform that runs code in gVisor containers.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Max session: 6 hours

Visit site Brimble Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

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Blaxel

Brimble Sandboxes

Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month. Images $0.045 per GB per month.; Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Max session: Blaxel: No limit; Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK; Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

Brimble Sandboxesbrimble.io/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month. Images $0.045 per GB per month.; Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Brimble Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15

Platform

Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
GPU: Blaxel: Not listed; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Blaxel:; Brimble Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; Brimble Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK; Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Blaxel: Not listed; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC, on request; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

Brimble Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

A session must run longer than 6 hours.
You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.

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