CreateOS Sandbox vs Docker Sandboxes

CreateOS Sandbox costs $0.03616363 per vCPU-hour and Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. CreateOS Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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CreateOS Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Starting credit of 500 credits
Max session
No limit

Docker Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

CreateOS Sandbox
Docker Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.03616363
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.01159025
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Storage
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.0001584 per GiB-hour
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
CreateOS Sandbox: Starting credit of 500 credits
Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Paid plan from
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
CreateOS Sandbox: Per second
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
CreateOS Sandbox: No limit
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
CreateOS Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
CreateOS Sandbox: Up to 20
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
CreateOS Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
CreateOS Sandbox: No
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
CreateOS Sandbox:
Docker Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
CreateOS Sandbox:
Docker Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
CreateOS Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: MCP

Trust

License
CreateOS Sandbox: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
CreateOS Sandbox: Enterprise only. Provider runs the control plane
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

CreateOS Sandbox
Docker Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.059
Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.119
Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
CreateOS Sandbox: $0.237
Docker Sandboxes: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

CreateOS Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.119 against $0.140 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

Docker Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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