EQVPS Sandboxes vs Sandbox0

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Sandbox0 runs gVisor 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

Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Sandbox0
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Sandbox0: $0.02 per GiB-month for retained RootFS changes and memory checkpoints. Shared base images are free
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Sandbox0: $5 credit, one time
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only
Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Sandbox0: No limit
Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Sandbox0: Included
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Sandbox0: $0.015
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Sandbox0: $0.02 per GiB-month for retained RootFS changes and memory checkpoints. Shared base images are free
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Sandbox0: $5 credit, one time
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Sandbox0: Memory only

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Sandbox0: No limit
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Sandbox0: Not listed
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sandbox0: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Sandbox0: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox0: gVisor
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0:
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Sandbox0:

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandbox0: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox0: No

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Sandbox0
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Sandbox0: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Sandbox0: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Sandbox0: $0.120

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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 or Claude Code.

Sandbox0 fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You use LangChain or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5 against $1.

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