Cloudflare Sandbox vs microsandbox cloud

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
microsandbox cloud
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
microsandbox cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000

Platform

Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
GPU
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: No
Snapshots
Cloudflare Sandbox:
microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: No

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
microsandbox cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
microsandbox cloud: $0.330

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.

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