Buddy Sandboxes vs Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Qiniu Cloud Sandbox limits a session to 1 hour.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Buddy Sandboxes

Persistent Linux VMs that AI agents create and control through an API, SDK, CLI or MCP.

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

Visit site Buddy Sandboxes profile

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Sandbox service with an E2B-compatible API that runs AI agent code in isolated cloud environments.

Isolation: Not listed
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: 1 hour

Visit site Qiniu Cloud Sandbox profile

What is different

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

Field

Buddy Sandboxes

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

Storage: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Free
Max session: Buddy Sandboxes: No limit; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 1 hour
Largest sandbox: Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
SDKs: Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Buddy Sandboxesbuddy.works/docs/basics/billing-and-usage/gbminbuddy.works

Qiniu Cloud Sandboxdeveloper.qiniu.com/las/13281/sandbox-overviewdeveloper.qiniu.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Storage: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Free
Free tier: Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from: Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Billing: Buddy Sandboxes: Per second; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session: Buddy Sandboxes: No limit; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 1 hour
Idle stop: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
GPU: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Buddy Sandboxes:; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume: Buddy Sandboxes:; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Buddy Sandboxes

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173; Qiniu Cloud Sandbox: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

A session must run longer than 1 hour.
You use MCP or Claude Code.
You need snapshots.
You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Qiniu Cloud Sandbox fits when

You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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