Containarium Cloud vs Together Sandbox

Containarium Cloud costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour and Together Sandbox costs $0.0446 per vCPU-hour. Containarium Cloud runs containers. Together Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Containarium Cloud

Isolation
Container
Free tier
Free tier
Max session
Not listed

Together Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Containarium Cloud
Together Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Together Sandbox: Per second
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Isolation
Containarium Cloud: Container
Together Sandbox: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Containarium Cloud: $0.02
Together Sandbox: $0.0446
RAM, per GiB-hour
Containarium Cloud: Included
Together Sandbox: $0.0149
Storage
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
Containarium Cloud: Free tier
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Billing
Containarium Cloud: Bundled machine time
Together Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Containarium Cloud: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Together Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Containarium Cloud: Not listed
Together Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Containarium Cloud: MCP
Together Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Containarium Cloud
Together Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.020
Together Sandbox: $0.074
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.040
Together Sandbox: $0.149
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Containarium Cloud: $0.080
Together Sandbox: $0.298

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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 $0.149 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need ISO 27001.

Together Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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