Docker Sandboxes vs E2B
Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.
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Docker Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Max session
- Not listed
E2B
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $100 credit, one time
- Max session
- 24 hours
What is different
10 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Docker Sandboxes
E2B
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- E2B: $0.0504
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- E2B: $0.0162
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- E2B: $100 credit, one time
- Paid plan from
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- E2B: $150 / month
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- E2B: Per second
- Largest sandbox
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
- E2B: Up to 1,100
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- E2B: Firecracker microVM
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Integrations
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP
- E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
Docker Sandboxesdocker
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- E2B: $0.0504
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- E2B: $0.0162
- Storage
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- E2B: Free
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- E2B: $100 credit, one time
- Paid plan from
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- E2B: $150 / month
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- E2B: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- E2B: 24 hours
- Idle stop
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- E2B: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
- E2B: Up to 1,100
Platform
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- E2B: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- E2B: No
- Snapshots
- Docker Sandboxes:
- E2B:
- Pause and resume
- Docker Sandboxes:
- E2B:
Developer
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
- Integrations
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP
- E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Trust
- License
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- E2B: Apache-2.0
- BYOC
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- E2B: Enterprise plan
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Docker Sandboxes
E2B
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
- E2B: $0.083
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
- E2B: $0.166
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.280
- E2B: $0.331
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
Docker Sandboxes fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
E2B fits when
- You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
- You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
- You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
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