Cloudflare Sandbox vs Sailboxes

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Sailboxes: Per second
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
Sailboxes: $0.124

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.

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