E2B vs Sandock

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. Sandock runs containers 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

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

E2B
Sandock
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Sandock: $5 / month
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
E2B: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
E2B: Free
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
E2B: Per second
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 1,100
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
Sandock: Container
GPU
E2B: No
Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots
E2B:
Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume
E2B:
Sandock:

Developer

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

Trust

License
E2B: Apache-2.0
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
E2B: Enterprise plan
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
Sandock
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
Sandock: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

E2B fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want to start without paying.

Sandock fits when

  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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