Docker Sandboxes vs Thunder Sandboxes
Docker Sandboxes costs $0.07 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Docker Sandboxes runs microVMs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.
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Docker Sandboxes
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Max session
- Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- Not listed
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
5 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
Docker Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- Thunder Sandboxes: Per second
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.07
- Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- Docker Sandboxes: Included
- Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
- Storage
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
- Free tier
- Docker Sandboxes: One-time promotional credit for cloud compute
- Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
- Paid plan from
- Docker Sandboxes: Pay as you go
- Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
- Billing
- Docker Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
- Thunder Sandboxes: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
- Idle stop
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- Docker Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
- Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- Docker Sandboxes: Up to 10
- Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- Docker Sandboxes: MicroVM
- Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Thunder Sandboxes:
- Snapshots
- Docker Sandboxes:
- Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
- Pause and resume
- Docker Sandboxes:
- Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Developer
- SDKs
- Docker Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript
- Thunder Sandboxes: Python
- Integrations
- Docker Sandboxes: MCP
- Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Trust
- License
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
- BYOC
- Docker Sandboxes: Not listed
- Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
Docker Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.070
- Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.140
- Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- Docker Sandboxes: $0.280
- Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
Docker Sandboxes fits when
- You use MCP.
- You want the lower list price: $0.140 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
- You need snapshots.
- You need pause and resume.
Thunder Sandboxes fits when
- You need GPUs.
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