Cloudflare Sandbox vs RemoteHost

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
RemoteHost
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
RemoteHost: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
RemoteHost: Included
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Free
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: MCP

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
RemoteHost
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
RemoteHost: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
RemoteHost: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
RemoteHost: Not listed

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.

RemoteHost fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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