Deno Sandbox vs Docker Sandboxes
Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs.
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Deno Sandbox
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- 30 minutes
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.
Deno Sandbox
Docker Sandboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- Deno Sandbox: $0.10
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Deno Sandbox: $0.025
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- Paid plan from
- Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- Largest sandbox
- Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
- Isolation
- Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- SDKs
- Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
Deno Sandboxdeno
Docker Sandboxesdocker
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Deno Sandbox: $0.10
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Deno Sandbox: $0.025
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- Storage
- Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Free tier
- Deno Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Paid plan from
- Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Billing
- Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Limits
- Max session
- Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- Deno Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
Platform
- Isolation
- Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- GPU
- Deno Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Snapshots
- Deno Sandbox:
- Docker Sandboxes:
- Pause and resume
- Deno Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- Integrations
- Deno Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP
Trust
- License
- Deno Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- Deno Sandbox: Not listed
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Deno Sandbox
Docker Sandboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Deno Sandbox: $0.150
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Deno Sandbox: $0.300
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Deno Sandbox: $0.600
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.280
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
Deno Sandbox fits when
- Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
- You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.
Docker Sandboxes fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You use MCP.
- You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need pause and resume.
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