Collimate vs Deno Sandbox

Collimate costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Collimate runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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Collimate

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Demo key, free with no card
Max session
24 hours

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

Collimate
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Collimate: $0.04
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Collimate: $0.012
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
Collimate: $0.10 per GB-month while a sandbox is suspended
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Paid plan from
Collimate: Pay as you go
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Collimate: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Max session
Collimate: 24 hours
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Concurrent sandboxes
Collimate: Up to 100
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
SDKs
Collimate: Python
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Collimate: $0.04
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Collimate: $0.012
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
Collimate: $0.10 per GB-month while a sandbox is suspended
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
Collimate: Demo key, free with no card
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Collimate: Pay as you go
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Collimate: Per second
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Collimate: 24 hours
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
Collimate: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Collimate: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Collimate: Up to 100
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Collimate: Firecracker microVM
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Collimate: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Collimate:
Deno Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Collimate:
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Collimate: Python
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Collimate: MCP, Claude Code
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Collimate: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Collimate: Enterprise plan
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Collimate
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Collimate: $0.064
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Collimate: $0.128
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Collimate: $0.256
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Collimate fits when

  • A session must run longer than 30 minutes.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.128 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

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