Brimble Sandboxes vs Modal

Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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

Modal

Serverless compute with sandboxes and GPUs.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: $30 credit every month
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Modal profile

What is different

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

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Brimble Sandboxes

Modal

Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; Modal: Pay as you go
Max session: Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours; Modal: 24 hours
SDKs: Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go; Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Brimble Sandboxesbrimble.io/pricing

Modalmodal.com/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: $0.024012
Storage: Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates; Modal: Not listed
Free tier: Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required; Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from: Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month; Modal: Pay as you go
Billing: Brimble Sandboxes: Per second; Modal: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation: Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor; Modal: gVisor
GPU: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal:
Snapshots: Brimble Sandboxes:; Modal:
Pause and resume: Brimble Sandboxes:; Modal: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go; Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code, LangChain

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Brimble Sandboxes

Modal

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: $0.476

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Brimble Sandboxes fits when

You use MCP.
You need pause and resume.

Modal fits when

You need GPUs.
A session must run longer than 6 hours.
You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use the Claude Agent SDK or LangChain.

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