E2B vs EQVPS Sandboxes

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours.

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E2B

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$100 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

What is different

8 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

E2B
EQVPS Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Max session
E2B: 24 hours
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 100
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, Claude Code
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Storage
E2B: Free
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 100
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
E2B: No
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
E2B:
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
E2B:
EQVPS Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, Claude Code
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
EQVPS Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

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 want the larger free credit: $100 against $1.
  • You need snapshots.

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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