Blaxel vs LangSmith Sandboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Blaxel

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

LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Blaxel
LangSmith Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
LangSmith Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.189 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $8.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You use LangChain.

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