Brimble Sandboxes vs Buddy Sandboxes

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Brimble Sandboxes

Sandbox product of the Brimble hosting platform that runs code in gVisor containers.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Max session: 6 hours

Visit site Brimble Sandboxes profile

Buddy Sandboxes

Persistent Linux VMs that AI agents create and control through an API, SDK, CLI or MCP.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $1 of usage credit every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site Buddy Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Brimble Sandboxes

Buddy Sandboxes

Storage: Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Max session: Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours; Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Largest sandbox: Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Isolation: Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor; Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs: Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go; Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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Buddy Sandboxesbuddy.works/docs/basics/billing-and-usage/gbminbuddy.works

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Storage: Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Billing: Brimble Sandboxes: Per second; Buddy Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours; Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor; Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Brimble Sandboxes:; Buddy Sandboxes:
Pause and resume: Brimble Sandboxes:; Buddy Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go; Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations: Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Brimble Sandboxes

Buddy Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

A session must run longer than 6 hours.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.
You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

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