exe.dev vs PandaStack Sandbox

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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exe.dev

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Max session
Not listed

PandaStack Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5.40 usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

exe.dev
PandaStack Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
exe.dev: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
exe.dev: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
exe.dev: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500

Platform

Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
exe.dev: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
exe.dev: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox:
Pause and resume
exe.dev: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
exe.dev: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
exe.dev: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License
exe.dev: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
BYOC
exe.dev: Enterprise plan
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

exe.dev
PandaStack Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
exe.dev: $0.053
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
exe.dev: $0.105
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: $0.210
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.105 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 64 GiB.

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.

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