Everstack vs Vercel Sandbox

Everstack costs $0.0666 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs 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

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
5 CPU-hours every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Everstack
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Everstack: Free
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000
SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Everstack: $0.0666
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Everstack: Included
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Everstack: Free
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Everstack: $5 credit, valid 30 days after signup
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Everstack: $20 / month
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Everstack: Bundled machine time
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Everstack: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Everstack: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Everstack: 4 vCPU · 4 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Everstack: Up to 50
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

Isolation
Everstack: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Everstack: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Everstack:
Vercel Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Everstack:
Vercel Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Everstack: Python, TypeScript, Go
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Everstack: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
Everstack: Apache-2.0
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Everstack: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Everstack
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Everstack: $0.067
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Everstack: $0.133
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Everstack: $0.266
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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 want the lower list price: $0.133 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or Claude Code.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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