Deno Sandbox vs Thunder Sandboxes

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Deno Sandbox
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.300 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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