Brimble Sandboxes vs Cloudflare Sandbox

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Brimble Sandboxes

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

Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Brimble Sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Integrations
Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Brimble Sandboxes:
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Brimble Sandboxes:
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Integrations
Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Brimble Sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Brimble Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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