Containarium Cloud vs E2B

Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Containarium Cloud runs containers. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Containarium Cloud

Hosted Linux boxes for AI agents, reached over SSH.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Free tier
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Containarium Cloud profile

E2B

Open-source sandboxes for AI-generated code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $100 credit, one time
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site E2B profile

What is different

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

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Containarium Cloud

E2B

vCPU, per hour: Containarium Cloud: $0.02; E2B: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Containarium Cloud: Included; E2B: $0.0162
Free tier: Containarium Cloud: Free tier; E2B: $100 credit, one time
Billing: Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time; E2B: Per second
Largest sandbox: Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isolation: Containarium Cloud: Container; E2B: Firecracker microVM
Integrations: Containarium Cloud: MCP; E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Containarium Cloud: $0.02; E2B: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Containarium Cloud: Included; E2B: $0.0162
Storage: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; E2B: Free
Free tier: Containarium Cloud: Free tier; E2B: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; E2B: $150 / month
Billing: Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time; E2B: Per second

Limits

Max session: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; E2B: 24 hours
Idle stop: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; E2B: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; E2B: Up to 1,100

Platform

Isolation: Containarium Cloud: Container; E2B: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; E2B: No
Snapshots: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; E2B:
Pause and resume: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; E2B:

Developer

SDKs: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: Containarium Cloud: MCP; E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License: Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0; E2B: Apache-2.0
BYOC: Containarium Cloud: Not listed; E2B: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Containarium Cloud

E2B

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Containarium Cloud: $0.020; E2B: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Containarium Cloud: $0.040; E2B: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Containarium Cloud: $0.080; E2B: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Containarium Cloud fits when

You want the lower list price: $0.040 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need ISO 27001.

E2B fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.

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