EQVPS Sandboxes vs microsandbox cloud

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$1 sandbox credit, one time
Max session
720 hours

microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
microsandbox cloud
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
microsandbox cloud: No
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
microsandbox cloud: Per second

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
microsandbox cloud:
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
microsandbox cloud: No

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
microsandbox cloud: By evaluation, contact us

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
microsandbox cloud
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
microsandbox cloud: $0.330

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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