Buddy Sandboxes vs StateSet Sandbox

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Buddy Sandboxes

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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Buddy Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.086 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $25 against $1.

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