Containarium Cloud vs microsandbox cloud

Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Containarium Cloud runs containers. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs.

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Containarium Cloud

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free tier
Max session
Not listed

microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Containarium Cloud
microsandbox cloud
vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
microsandbox cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000

Platform

Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
GPU
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: No
Snapshots
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: No

Developer

SDKs
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations
Containarium Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Containarium Cloud
microsandbox cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.020
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.040
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.080
microsandbox cloud: $0.330

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Containarium Cloud fits when

  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.040 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need ISO 27001.

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.

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