Deno Sandbox vs Vercel Sandbox

Deno Sandbox costs $0.10 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Deno Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 30 minutes. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Deno Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
30 minutes

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
5 CPU-hours every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Deno Sandbox
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000
SDKs
Deno Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.10
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Deno Sandbox: $0.025
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Deno Sandbox: Volumes $0.20 per GiB-month after plan allowance. Volumes 300 MB to 20 GB.
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Deno Sandbox: $20 / month
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Deno Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Deno Sandbox: 30 minutes
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Deno Sandbox: 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Deno Sandbox: Up to 20
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Deno Sandbox: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Deno Sandbox
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.150
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.300
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Deno Sandbox: $0.600
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Deno Sandbox fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.300 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 30 minutes.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 2 vCPU · 4 GiB.

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