Declaw vs Docker Sandboxes

Declaw costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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Declaw

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
72 hours

Docker Sandboxes

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

What is different

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

Declaw
Docker Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Free tier
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Billing
Declaw: Per second
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Declaw: Up to 500
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
Isolation
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Docker Sandboxes: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
Docker Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
Paid plan from
Declaw: Pay as you go
Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Declaw: Per second
Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Declaw: 72 hours
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Declaw: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Declaw: Up to 500
Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
Declaw: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Declaw:
Docker Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Declaw:
Docker Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Docker Sandboxes: MCP

Trust

License
Declaw: Not listed
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Declaw: Deploy in your VPC. Book a call.
Docker Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Declaw
Docker Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Declaw: $0.083
Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Declaw: $0.166
Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Declaw: $0.331
Docker Sandboxes: $0.280

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Declaw fits when

  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Docker Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 16 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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