Declaw vs Novita Sandbox

Declaw costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. Declaw runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

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Declaw

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

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Declaw
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Max session
Declaw: 72 hours
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Declaw: Up to 500
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100
SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Declaw: $0.0504
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
Declaw: $0.0162
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
Declaw: $0.00015264 per GiB-hour
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
Declaw: $100 sandbox credit, one time
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
Declaw: Pay as you go
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Declaw: Per second
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
Declaw: 72 hours
Novita Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Declaw: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Declaw: 16 vCPU · 16 GiB
Novita Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Declaw: Up to 500
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Declaw: Firecracker microVM
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU
Declaw: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Declaw:
Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Declaw:
Novita Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Declaw: Python, TypeScript, Go
Novita Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Declaw: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Trust

License
Declaw: Not listed
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Declaw: Deploy in your VPC. Book a call.
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Declaw
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Declaw: $0.083
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Declaw: $0.166
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Declaw: $0.331
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Declaw fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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