Blaxel vs Thunder Sandboxes

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolated, short-lived sandboxes for agents, GPU optional.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Thunder Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Blaxel

Thunder Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

Thunder Sandboxesthundercompute.com/pricingthundercompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

Thunder Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

You use the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Claude Agent SDK or MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.

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