Blaxel vs Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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Blaxel

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Blaxel
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Blaxel:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300

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 want the larger free credit: $200 against $5.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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