EQVPS Sandboxes vs Sendblue Sandboxes

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Sendblue Sandboxes costs $0.165 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Sendblue Sandboxes runs containers.

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EQVPS Sandboxes

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

Sendblue Sandboxes

Isolation
Container
Free tier
$100 free compute, once per phone number
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Sendblue Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5
Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Sendblue Sandboxes: Included
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Sendblue Sandboxes: $100 free compute, once per phone number
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Sendblue Sandboxes: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Sendblue Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sendblue Sandboxes: 2 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Sendblue Sandboxes: Up to 5

Platform

Isolation
EQVPS Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sendblue Sandboxes: Container
GPU
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Sendblue Sandboxes: No

Developer

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

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Sendblue Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Sendblue Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.165
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.330
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Sendblue Sandboxes: $0.660

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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.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.330 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Sendblue Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the larger free credit: $100 against $1.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.

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