EQVPS Sandboxes vs Sandock

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 8 hours.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

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

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
8 hours

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Sandock
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Sandock: 8 hours
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Sandock: TypeScript
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Sandock: 8 hours
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sandock: 8 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sandock: Container
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Sandock:

Developer

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

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: MIT
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Sandock
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Sandock: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 8 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.

Sandock fits when

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

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