Buddy Sandboxes vs LangSmith Sandboxes

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Buddy Sandboxes

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

LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Buddy Sandboxes
LangSmith Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
LangSmith Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
LangSmith Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
LangSmith Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain, MCP

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
LangSmith Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378

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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 Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.086 against $0.189 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use LangChain.
  • You want the larger free credit: $8 against $1.

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