Caged vs Koyeb Sandboxes

Caged costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. Caged runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 4 hours. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Caged

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 sandboxes a day
Max session
4 hours

Koyeb Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Caged
Koyeb Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Caged: $0.06
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
Isolation
Caged: Firecracker microVM
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Caged: $0.06
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
Caged: Included
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Caged: Free
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Caged: Free plan, 5 sandboxes a day
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Caged: $29 / month
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Caged: Bundled machine time
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Caged: 4 hours
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Caged: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Caged: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Caged: Up to 5
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Caged: Firecracker microVM
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Caged: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Caged: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Caged: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Caged: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Caged: MCP
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Caged: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Caged: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Caged
Koyeb Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Caged: $0.060
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Caged: $0.120
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Caged: $0.240
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Caged fits when

  • You use MCP.

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.029 against $0.120 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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