Buddy Sandboxes vs Sailboxes

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Sailboxes runs full VMs 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

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Buddy Sandboxes
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Sailboxes: 8 vCPU · 256 GiB
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Sailboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Sailboxes: 8 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Sailboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need GDPR.

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.086 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5 against $1.
  • You need HIPAA.

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