Buddy Sandboxes vs Sandbox0

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Sandbox0 runs gVisor 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

Sandbox0

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

What is different

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

Buddy Sandboxes
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: $0.02 per GiB-month for retained RootFS changes and memory checkpoints. Shared base images are free
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Sandbox0: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only
Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: $0.02 per GiB-month for retained RootFS changes and memory checkpoints. Shared base images are free
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Sandbox0: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
Buddy Sandboxes:
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
Buddy Sandboxes:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: No

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
Sandbox0: $0.120

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 SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.086 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5 against $1.

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