Deno Sandbox vs Sailboxes

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Deno Sandbox
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Sailboxes: Per second
Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Sailboxes: No limit
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
Deno Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Deno Sandbox:
Sailboxes:
Pause and resume
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need ISO 27001.

Sailboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 30 minutes.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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