EQVPS Sandboxes vs Sailboxes

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Sailboxes runs full VMs 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

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Sailboxes: No limit
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sailboxes: 8 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Sailboxes: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sailboxes: 8 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes:
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Sailboxes:

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Sailboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.

Sailboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5 against $1.

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