Blaxel vs microsandbox cloud

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs.

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

microsandbox cloud

Hosted microVM sandboxes for AI agents and untrusted code.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session: Not listed

Visit site microsandbox cloud profile

What is different

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

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Blaxel

microsandbox cloud

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; microsandbox cloud: Per second
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; microsandbox cloud: No
SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby

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Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

microsandbox cloudmicrosandbox.dev/pricingmicrosandbox.dev

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; microsandbox cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000

Platform

Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
GPU: Blaxel: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: No
Snapshots: Blaxel:; microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; microsandbox cloud: No

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP; microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Trust

License: Blaxel: Not listed; microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC; microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

microsandbox cloud

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; microsandbox cloud: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; microsandbox cloud: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; microsandbox cloud: $0.330

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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 pause and resume.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

microsandbox cloud fits when

You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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