Blaxel vs EQVPS Sandboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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Blaxel

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

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

Blaxel
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month. Images $0.045 per GB per month.
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Max session
Blaxel: No limit
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month. Images $0.045 per GB per month.
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Blaxel:
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
EQVPS Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $1.
  • You need snapshots.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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