Brimble Sandboxes vs RemoteHost

Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Brimble Sandboxes

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

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Brimble Sandboxes
RemoteHost
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
RemoteHost: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Brimble Sandboxes
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

RemoteHost fits when

  • A session must run longer than 6 hours.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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