EQVPS Sandboxes vs Mosaic Sandbox

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Mosaic Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

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

Mosaic Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Mosaic Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP, Claude Code, Vercel AI SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: No
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox:
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Mosaic Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP, Claude Code, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Mosaic Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.050 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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