Cloudflare Sandbox vs Docker Sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs.
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Cloudflare Sandbox
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- None
- Max session
- Not listed
Docker Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
9 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Cloudflare Sandbox
Docker Sandboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- Free tier
- Cloudflare Sandbox: None
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Paid plan from
- Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- Largest sandbox
- Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- Isolation
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- SDKs
- Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- Integrations
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
Cloudflare Sandboxdevelopers
Docker Sandboxesdocker
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- Storage
- Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Free tier
- Cloudflare Sandbox: None
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Paid plan from
- Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Limits
- Max session
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
Platform
- Isolation
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- GPU
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Snapshots
- Cloudflare Sandbox:
- Docker Sandboxes:
- Pause and resume
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- Integrations
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Trust
- License
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Cloudflare Sandbox
Docker Sandboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.280
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
Cloudflare Sandbox fits when
- Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
Docker Sandboxes fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You use MCP.
- You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You want to start without paying.
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