EQVPS Sandboxes vs Thunder Sandboxes

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs, offers GPUs 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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Thunder Sandboxes: No limit
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

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