Containarium Cloud vs Deno Sandbox

Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour. Containarium Cloud runs containers. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes.

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Containarium Cloud

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free tier
Max session
Not listed

Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

What is different

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

Containarium Cloud
Deno Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Idle stop
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Containarium Cloud: MCP
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Deno Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Containarium Cloud
Deno Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.020
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.040
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.080
Deno Sandbox: $0.600

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Containarium Cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.040 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.

Deno 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.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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