Containarium Cloud vs Sandbox as a Service

Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Containarium Cloud runs containers. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Containarium Cloud

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free tier
Max session
Not listed

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Containarium Cloud
Sandbox as a Service
vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Containarium Cloud: MCP
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
Containarium Cloud: Apache-2.0
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Containarium Cloud
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.020
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.040
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.080
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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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 want the lower list price: $0.040 against $0.090 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need ISO 27001.

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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