E2B vs Lizard Sandboxes

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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E2B

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

Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

E2B
Lizard Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
E2B: Free
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
E2B: Per second
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Storage
E2B: Free
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Billing
E2B: Per second
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Lizard Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032

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 or MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 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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