E2B vs PandaStack Sandbox

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. PandaStack Sandbox 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

PandaStack Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5.40 usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

E2B
PandaStack Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
Storage
E2B: Free
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
E2B: Per second
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Max session
E2B: 24 hours
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
E2B: Free
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
E2B: Per second
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
PandaStack Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $5.40.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.
  • You need GDPR.

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