E2B vs Koyeb Sandboxes

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs.

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E2B

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

Koyeb Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

E2B
Koyeb Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Billing
E2B: Per second
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Storage
E2B: Free
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
E2B: Per second
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Koyeb Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058

Compute only, at list rates.

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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, the Vercel AI SDK, MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.029 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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