Everstack vs Sailboxes

Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Everstack

Isolation
Not listed
Free tier
$5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Max session
Not listed

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Everstack
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Everstack: Free
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Sailboxes: Per second
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sailboxes: 8 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Everstack: Free
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Everstack: Not listed
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Everstack: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sailboxes: 8 vCPU · 256 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
Everstack: Not listed
Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU
Everstack: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Everstack:
Sailboxes:
Pause and resume
Everstack:
Sailboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Everstack: Not listed
Sailboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Everstack: Apache-2.0
Sailboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Everstack: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Everstack
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Everstack: $0.067
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Everstack: $0.133
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Everstack: $0.266
Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Everstack fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.062 against $0.133 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.

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