Brimble Sandboxes vs Sandbox as a Service

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs 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

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Brimble Sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time
Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
Brimble Sandboxes:
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
Brimble Sandboxes:
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Brimble Sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Brimble Sandboxes fits when

  • You use Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.

Sandbox as a Service 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 to be a full VM.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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