Deno Sandbox vs E2B

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

E2B

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

What is different

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

Deno Sandbox
E2B
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
E2B: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
E2B: $0.0162
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
E2B: Free
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
E2B: $150 / month
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
E2B: Per second
Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
E2B: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
E2B: Up to 1,100
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
E2B: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
E2B: $0.0162
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
E2B: Free
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
E2B: $150 / month
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
E2B: Per second

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
E2B: 24 hours
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
E2B: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
E2B: Up to 1,100

Platform

Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
E2B: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
E2B: No
Snapshots
Deno Sandbox:
E2B:
Pause and resume
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
E2B:

Developer

SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
E2B: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
E2B: Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
E2B
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
E2B: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
E2B: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
E2B: $0.331

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Which 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 and ISO 27001.

E2B fits when

  • A session must run longer than 30 minutes.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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