Blaxel vs Sandbox0

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Blaxel

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

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Blaxel
Sandbox0
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Sandbox0: Free
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Sandbox0: Free
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
Blaxel:
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
Sandbox0: $0.120

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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