Brimble Sandboxes vs Docker Sandboxes

Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Brimble Sandboxes

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

Docker Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$25 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Brimble Sandboxes
Docker Sandboxes
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Docker Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Docker Sandboxes: $25 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Docker Sandboxes: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Docker Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Docker Sandboxes: $25 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Docker Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Brimble Sandboxes:
Docker Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Brimble Sandboxes:
Docker Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

License
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Brimble Sandboxes
Docker Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Docker Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 6 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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