Blaxel vs Unikraft Cloud

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Unikraft Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Blaxel

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

Unikraft Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Hobby plan, free forever
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Blaxel
Unikraft Cloud
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go
Unikraft Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Blaxel: Included
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Blaxel: $0.0414
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Storage
Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month.
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Free tier
Blaxel: Credit of up to $200
Unikraft Cloud: Hobby plan, free forever
Paid plan from
Blaxel: Pay as you go
Unikraft Cloud: $39 / month
Billing
Blaxel: Memory only
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Blaxel: No limit
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Blaxel: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Blaxel: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Blaxel: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Up to 24

Platform

Isolation
Blaxel: MicroVM
Unikraft Cloud: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Blaxel: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
Blaxel:
Unikraft Cloud:
Pause and resume
Blaxel:
Unikraft Cloud:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Blaxel: Not listed
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
Blaxel: Bring-your-own-metal in your VPC
Unikraft Cloud: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Blaxel
Unikraft Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Blaxel: $0.083
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Blaxel: $0.166
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Blaxel: $0.331
Unikraft Cloud: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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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 a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Unikraft Cloud fits when

  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

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