Celesto Cloud vs PandaStack Sandbox

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Celesto Cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Max session
Not listed

PandaStack Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5.40 usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Celesto Cloud
PandaStack Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500

Platform

Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Celesto Cloud:
PandaStack Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Celesto Cloud:
PandaStack Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
PandaStack Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5.40 against $5.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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