Cloudflare Sandbox vs StateSet Sandbox

Cloudflare Sandbox costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. Cloudflare Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Cloudflare Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
None
Max session
Not listed

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Cloudflare Sandbox
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second
Isolation
Cloudflare Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.072
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.009
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.000252 per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Cloudflare Sandbox: None
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
Cloudflare Sandbox: $5 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Cloudflare Sandbox: Active CPU time only
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cloudflare Sandbox: 4 vCPU · 12 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Cloudflare Sandbox: TypeScript
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Cloudflare Sandbox: Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Cloudflare Sandbox: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cloudflare Sandbox
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.090
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.180
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cloudflare Sandbox: $0.360
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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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 use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.180 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want to start without paying.

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