Blaxel vs exe.dev

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. exe.dev runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 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

exe.dev

Disposable VMs for AI agents, billed by the second.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session: Not listed

Visit site exe.dev profile

What is different

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

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Blaxel

exe.dev

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; exe.dev: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; exe.dev: Included
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; exe.dev: $15 / month
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; exe.dev: Full VM
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code; exe.dev: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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exe.devexe.dev/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; exe.dev: $0.0525
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; exe.dev: Included
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; exe.dev: $15 / month
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; exe.dev: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; exe.dev: Not listed
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; exe.dev: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; exe.dev: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; exe.dev: Full VM
GPU: Blaxel: Not listed; exe.dev: Not listed
Snapshots: Blaxel:; exe.dev: Not listed
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; exe.dev: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; exe.dev: Not listed
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code; exe.dev: Claude Code

Trust

License: Blaxel: Not listed; exe.dev: Not listed
BYOC: Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC; exe.dev: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

exe.dev

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; exe.dev: $0.053
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; exe.dev: $0.105
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; exe.dev: $0.210

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

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 or MCP.
You need snapshots.

exe.dev fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.105 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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