exe.dev vs Sandbox as a Service

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour and Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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exe.dev

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

Sandbox as a Service

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

What is different

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

exe.dev
Sandbox as a Service
vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
exe.dev: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
exe.dev: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
exe.dev: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
exe.dev: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
exe.dev: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
exe.dev: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
exe.dev: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
exe.dev: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
exe.dev: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
exe.dev: Enterprise plan
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

exe.dev
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
exe.dev: $0.053
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
exe.dev: $0.105
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: $0.210
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

exe.dev fits when

  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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 $0.105 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

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