Docker Sandboxes vs OpenPond Sandboxes
Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and OpenPond Sandboxes costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. OpenPond Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.
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Docker Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- $25 credit, one time
- Max session
- 24 hours
OpenPond Sandboxes
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
8 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Docker Sandboxes
OpenPond Sandboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
- Storage
- Docker Sandboxes: Free
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: $25 credit, one time
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
- Paid plan from
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
Docker Sandboxesdocker
OpenPond Sandboxesopenpond
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
- Storage
- Docker Sandboxes: Free
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: $25 credit, one time
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
- Paid plan from
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- Docker Sandboxes: 24 hours
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
- Largest sandbox
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10
Platform
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
- Snapshots
- Docker Sandboxes:
- OpenPond Sandboxes:
- Pause and resume
- Docker Sandboxes:
- OpenPond Sandboxes:
Developer
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript
- Integrations
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Trust
- License
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Docker Sandboxes
OpenPond Sandboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.280
- OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475
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 or Claude Code.
- You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR.
OpenPond Sandboxes fits when
- You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
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