Buddy Sandboxes vs Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Buddy Sandboxes

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Buddy Sandboxes
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 256 GiB
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.086 against $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 12 vCPU · 24 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

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