Blaxel vs Novita Sandbox

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

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Blaxel

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

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Blaxel
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Novita Sandbox: Per second
Max session
Blaxel: No limit
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Blaxel:
Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
Novita Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $100.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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