Blaxel vs Lizard Sandboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Blaxel

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

Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Blaxel
Lizard Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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 use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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