Buddy Sandboxes vs Sandock

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 8 hours.

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

Sandock

Docker sandboxes with persistent volumes for AI agents.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: None
Max session: 8 hours

Visit site Sandock profile

What is different

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

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Buddy Sandboxes

Sandock

Free tier: Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month; Sandock: $5 / month
Max session: Buddy Sandboxes: No limit; Sandock: 8 hours
Largest sandbox: Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB; Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation: Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM; Sandock: Container
Integrations: Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Sandocksandock.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144; Sandock: Not listed
Storage: Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour; Sandock: Not listed
Free tier: Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month; Sandock: None
Paid plan from: Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month; Sandock: $5 / month
Billing: Buddy Sandboxes: Per second; Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session: Buddy Sandboxes: No limit; Sandock: 8 hours
Idle stop: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox: Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB; Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation: Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM; Sandock: Container
GPU: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots: Buddy Sandboxes:; Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume: Buddy Sandboxes:; Sandock:

Developer

SDKs: Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript; Sandock: TypeScript
Integrations: Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Sandock: MCP

Trust

License: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: MIT
BYOC: Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed; Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Buddy Sandboxes

Sandock

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

A session must run longer than 8 hours.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use Claude Code.
You want to start without paying.

Sandock fits when

You want an open-source platform (MIT) that you can self-host.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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