Deno Sandbox vs PandaStack Sandbox

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. PandaStack Sandbox 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

PandaStack Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5.40 usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Deno Sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

PandaStack Sandbox 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: $0.173 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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