EQVPS Sandboxes vs Prime Sandboxes

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

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

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You use MCP or Claude Code.
  • You need pause and resume.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 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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