Cloudflare Sandbox vs EQVPS Sandboxes

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.

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