Buddy Sandboxes vs Vers

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Vers costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Vers runs full VMs.

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Buddy Sandboxes

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

Vers

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
Starting credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Buddy Sandboxes
Vers
vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Vers: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Vers: Included
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Vers: Kept commits are billed. No rate on the pricing page.
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Vers: Starting credit
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Vers: Pay as you go
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Vers: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Vers: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Vers: Included
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Vers: Kept commits are billed. No rate on the pricing page.
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Vers: Starting credit
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Vers: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Vers: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Vers: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Vers: Not listed

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Vers: Not listed
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Vers: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
Vers
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
Vers: $0.040
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
Vers: $0.080
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
Vers: $0.160

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Vers fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.080 against $0.086 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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