E2B vs Prized Sandboxes

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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E2B

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

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

E2B
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
E2B: Free
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 100
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
E2B: Free
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 100
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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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 want the larger free credit: $100 against $30.
  • You need snapshots.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.130 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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