Deno Sandbox vs microsandbox cloud

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Deno Sandbox
microsandbox cloud
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
microsandbox cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000

Platform

Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
GPU
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: No
Snapshots
Deno Sandbox:
microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: No

Developer

SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
microsandbox cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
microsandbox cloud: $0.330

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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.

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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