Docker Sandboxes vs microsandbox cloud
Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs.
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Docker Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Max session
- Not listed
microsandbox cloud
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
8 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Docker Sandboxes
microsandbox cloud
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- microsandbox cloud: $0.05
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
- Paid plan from
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- microsandbox cloud: Per second
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
- microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
- Pause and resume
- Docker Sandboxes:
- microsandbox cloud: No
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
Docker Sandboxesdocker
microsandbox cloudmicrosandbox
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- microsandbox cloud: $0.05
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
- Storage
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
- Paid plan from
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- microsandbox cloud: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- microsandbox cloud: Not listed
- Idle stop
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- microsandbox cloud: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- microsandbox cloud: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
- microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Platform
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
- GPU
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- microsandbox cloud: No
- Snapshots
- Docker Sandboxes:
- microsandbox cloud:
- Pause and resume
- Docker Sandboxes:
- microsandbox cloud: No
Developer
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
- Integrations
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP
- microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Trust
- License
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
- BYOC
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Docker Sandboxes
microsandbox cloud
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
- microsandbox cloud: $0.082
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
- microsandbox cloud: $0.165
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.280
- microsandbox cloud: $0.330
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 use MCP.
- You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need pause and resume.
microsandbox cloud fits when
- You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
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