E2B vs Sandbox0

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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E2B

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

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

E2B
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Sandbox0: $0.015
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only
Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Sandbox0: No limit
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Sandbox0: Up to 20
Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
E2B: Free
Sandbox0: Free
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Sandbox0: Not listed
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
E2B: No
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
E2B:
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
E2B:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, TypeScript
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
Sandbox0: Apache-2.0
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
Sandbox0: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Sandbox0: $0.120

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

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