Buddy Sandboxes vs Everstack

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Buddy Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$1 of usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

Everstack

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Buddy Sandboxes
Everstack
vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Everstack: $0.0666
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Everstack: Included
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Everstack: Free
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Everstack: $20 / month
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Everstack: $0.0666
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Everstack: Included
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Everstack: Free
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Everstack: $20 / month
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Everstack: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Everstack: Not listed
Idle stop
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Everstack: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Everstack: Up to 50

Platform

Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
Everstack: Not listed
GPU
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Everstack: Not listed
Snapshots
Buddy Sandboxes:
Everstack:
Pause and resume
Buddy Sandboxes:
Everstack:

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Everstack: Not listed

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Everstack: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Everstack: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
Everstack
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
Everstack: $0.067
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
Everstack: $0.133
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
Everstack: $0.266

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.086 against $0.133 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Everstack fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5 against $1.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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