Celesto Cloud vs Prime Sandboxes

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. Prime Sandboxes runs 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

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Celesto Cloud
Prime Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Prime Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Celesto Cloud:
Prime Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Celesto Cloud:
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Celesto Cloud: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Celesto Cloud: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Celesto Cloud: Apache-2.0
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Celesto Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0).
  • You use MCP or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.090 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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