Buddy Sandboxes vs Koyeb Sandboxes

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Buddy Sandboxes

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

Koyeb Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Buddy Sandboxes
Koyeb Sandboxes
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Koyeb Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Koyeb Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
Koyeb Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.029 against $0.086 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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