Caged vs Together Sandbox

Caged costs $0.06 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. Caged runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 4 hours. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Caged

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

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Caged
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Caged: $0.06
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Caged: Included
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Billing
Caged: Bundled machine time
Together Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Caged: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Caged: $0.06
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Caged: Included
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
Caged: Free
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Caged: Free plan, 5 sandboxes a day
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Caged: $29 / month
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Caged: Bundled machine time
Together Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Caged: 4 hours
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Caged: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Caged: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Caged: Up to 5
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Caged: Firecracker microVM
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Caged: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Caged: Not listed
Together Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Caged: Not listed
Together Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Caged: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Caged: MCP
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Caged: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Caged: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Caged
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Caged: $0.060
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Caged: $0.120
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Caged: $0.240
Together Sandbox: $0.298

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Caged fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.120 against $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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