E2B vs LangSmith Sandboxes

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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E2B

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

LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

E2B
LangSmith Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
E2B: Free
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Storage
E2B: Free
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
E2B: Per second
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
LangSmith Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378

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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 the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.189 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $8.

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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