Docker Sandboxes vs PandaStack Sandbox
Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.
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Docker Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Max session
- Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $5.40 usage credit every month
- Max session
- No limit
What is different
10 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Docker Sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
- Paid plan from
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
- Largest sandbox
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
- PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
- PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
- Storage
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
- Paid plan from
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Limits
- Max session
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
- Idle stop
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
- Largest sandbox
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
- PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Platform
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
- Snapshots
- Docker Sandboxes:
- PandaStack Sandbox:
- Pause and resume
- Docker Sandboxes:
- PandaStack Sandbox:
Developer
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
- PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Trust
- License
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
- BYOC
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Docker Sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.280
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346
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 Claude Code.
- You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
PandaStack Sandbox 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 the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
- Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
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