Cloudflare Sandbox vs Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need SOC 2.

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