Blaxel vs StateSet Sandbox

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Blaxel

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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Blaxel
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Max session
Blaxel: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month. Images $0.045 per GB per month.
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC, on request
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the larger free credit: $200 against $25.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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