Deno Sandbox vs Lizard Sandboxes

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Deno Sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Deno Sandbox:
Lizard Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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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, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 30 minutes.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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