Everstack vs Sandbox as a Service

Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour and Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Everstack

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

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Everstack
Sandbox as a Service
vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
Everstack: Free
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Everstack: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
Everstack: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Everstack: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
Everstack: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
Everstack:
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
Everstack:
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Everstack: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
Everstack: Apache-2.0
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
Everstack: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Everstack
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Everstack: $0.067
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Everstack: $0.133
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Everstack: $0.266
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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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 pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 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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