Buddy Sandboxes vs Krova Cloud

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs 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

Krova Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Buddy Sandboxes
Krova Cloud
vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Krova Cloud: $0.001
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Krova Cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Krova Cloud: No limit
Idle stop
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
Buddy Sandboxes:
Krova Cloud:
Pause and resume
Buddy Sandboxes:
Krova Cloud:

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Krova Cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
Krova Cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
Krova Cloud: $0.006
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
Krova Cloud: $0.012
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
Krova Cloud: $0.024

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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 need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Krova Cloud fits when

  • 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: $0.012 against $0.086 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5 against $1.

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