Cloudflare Sandbox vs Lizard Sandboxes

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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Which 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.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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