Cloudflare Sandbox vs Sandock

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
Sandock
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sandock: MCP

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

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

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cloudflare Sandbox fits when

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

Sandock fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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