E2B vs StateSet Sandbox

E2B costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. E2B runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor 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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

E2B
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 100
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation
E2B: Firecracker microVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
Integrations
E2B: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, Claude Code
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
E2B: $0.0504
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
E2B: $0.0162
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
E2B: Free
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
E2B: $100 credit, one time
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
E2B: $150 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
E2B: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
E2B: 24 hours
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
E2B: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
E2B: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
E2B: Up to 100
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

E2B
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
E2B: $0.083
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
E2B: $0.166
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
E2B: $0.331
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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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 the larger free credit: $100 against $25.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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