Celesto Cloud vs Prized Sandboxes

Celesto Cloud costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Celesto Cloud runs microVMs. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Celesto Cloud

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

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Celesto Cloud
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Prized Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20
Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Celesto Cloud: Included
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
Celesto Cloud: Free
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Celesto Cloud: $5 runtime credit, one time, 30 days
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Celesto Cloud: Pay as you go
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Celesto Cloud: Bundled machine time
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Celesto Cloud: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Celesto Cloud: Up to 10
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Celesto Cloud: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Celesto Cloud: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots
Celesto Cloud:
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Celesto Cloud:
Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Celesto Cloud
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.015
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.030
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Celesto Cloud: $0.060
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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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, the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.030 against $0.130 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $30 against $5.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 32 GiB.

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