Brimble Sandboxes vs Zipbox

Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Brimble Sandboxes runs gVisor and limits a session to 6 hours. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Brimble Sandboxes

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

Zipbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Brimble Sandboxes
Zipbox
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time
Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Zipbox: No limit
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
Snapshots
Brimble Sandboxes:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Brimble Sandboxes:
Zipbox: No
SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Brimble Sandboxes: Snapshot storage and persistent volumes bill at storage rates
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Brimble Sandboxes: 7-day Developer plan trial, card required
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Brimble Sandboxes: $3 / month
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Brimble Sandboxes: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Brimble Sandboxes: 6 hours
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Brimble Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Brimble Sandboxes: Up to 15
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Brimble Sandboxes: gVisor
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Brimble Sandboxes:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Brimble Sandboxes:
Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs
Brimble Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Go
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Brimble Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Brimble Sandboxes
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Brimble Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: $0.027

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Brimble Sandboxes fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

Zipbox 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 use the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.

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