Blaxel vs Zipbox

Blaxel bills memory only, at $0.0414 per GiB-hour. Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Blaxel runs microVMs and has no session limit. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 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

Zipbox

Long-lived Firecracker microVMs for AI agents, each with its own desktop.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session: No limit

Visit site Zipbox profile

What is different

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

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Blaxel

Zipbox

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Zipbox: Included
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month. Images $0.045 per GB per month.; Zipbox: Free
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Zipbox: Bundled machine time
Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
Snapshots: Blaxel:; Zipbox: No
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; Zipbox: No
SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK; Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Blaxelblaxel.ai/pricing

Zipboxzipbox.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Blaxel: Included; Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour: Blaxel: $0.0414; Zipbox: Included
Storage: Blaxel: Snapshots $0.20 per GB per month. Volumes $0.12 per GB per month. Images $0.045 per GB per month.; Zipbox: Free
Free tier: Blaxel: Credit of up to $200; Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from: Blaxel: Pay as you go; Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Blaxel: Memory only; Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Blaxel: No limit; Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop: Blaxel: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Blaxel: Not listed; Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Blaxel: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Blaxel: MicroVM; Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Blaxel: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Blaxel:; Zipbox: No
Pause and resume: Blaxel:; Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs: Blaxel: Python, TypeScript, Go; Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: Blaxel: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, MCP, Claude Code, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK; Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Blaxel

Zipbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Blaxel: $0.083; Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Blaxel: $0.166; Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Blaxel: $0.331; Zipbox: $0.027

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Blaxel fits when

You want the larger free credit: $200 against $25.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Zipbox 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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