E2B vs Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs.

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E2B

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

E2B
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Storage
E2B: Free
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Billing
E2B: Per second
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 100
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
GPU
E2B: No
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
E2B:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
E2B:
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK, MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

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