EQVPS Sandboxes vs Zipbox

EQVPS Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. EQVPS Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 720 hours. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs 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

Zipbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

EQVPS Sandboxes
Zipbox
vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Zipbox: Included
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time
Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Zipbox: No limit
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Pause and resume
EQVPS Sandboxes:
Zipbox: No
SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.04
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.013
Zipbox: Included
Storage
EQVPS Sandboxes: Free
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
EQVPS Sandboxes: $1 sandbox credit, one time
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
EQVPS Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
EQVPS Sandboxes: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
EQVPS Sandboxes: 720 hours
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
EQVPS Sandboxes: After 5 minutes
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
EQVPS Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
EQVPS Sandboxes: Up to 20
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
EQVPS Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
EQVPS Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
EQVPS Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

EQVPS Sandboxes
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.066
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.132
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
EQVPS Sandboxes: $0.264
Zipbox: $0.027

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

EQVPS Sandboxes fits when

  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 6 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Zipbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 720 hours.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.132 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $25 against $1.

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