Collimate vs Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Collimate costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Collimate runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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Collimate

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Collimate
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Collimate: $0.04
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Collimate: $0.012
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Free tier
Collimate: Demo key, free with no card
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
Collimate: Pay as you go
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Isolation
Collimate: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Collimate: Python
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Collimate: $0.04
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Collimate: $0.012
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
Collimate: $0.10 per GB-month while a sandbox is suspended
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Collimate: Demo key, free with no card
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
Collimate: Pay as you go
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
Collimate: Per second
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Collimate: 24 hours
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Collimate: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Collimate: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Collimate: Up to 100
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Collimate: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
Collimate: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Collimate:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Collimate:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Collimate: Python
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
Collimate: MCP, Claude Code
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Collimate: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Collimate: Enterprise plan
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Collimate
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Collimate: $0.064
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Collimate: $0.128
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Collimate: $0.256
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Collimate fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.128 against $0.150 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need SOC 2.

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