E2B vs Novita Sandbox

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Novita Sandbox costs $0.03528 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Novita Sandbox limits a session to 24 hours.

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E2B

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

Novita Sandbox

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$100 promotional credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

E2B
Novita Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
E2B: Free
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Novita Sandbox: Up to 100

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Novita Sandbox: $0.03528
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Novita Sandbox: $0.01152
Storage
E2B: Free
Novita Sandbox: $0.00009 per GiB-hour after 60 free GiB
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Novita Sandbox: $100 promotional credit
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Novita Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
Novita Sandbox: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
GPU
E2B: No
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
E2B:
Novita Sandbox:
Pause and resume
E2B:
Novita Sandbox:

Developer

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

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
Novita Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
Novita Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Novita Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Novita Sandbox: $0.058
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Novita Sandbox: $0.117
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Novita Sandbox: $0.233

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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.

Novita Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.117 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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