exe.dev vs Vercel Sandbox

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs 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

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.

exe.dev
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
exe.dev: Full VM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
exe.dev: $0.0525
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
exe.dev: Included
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
exe.dev: $15 / month
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
exe.dev: Bundled machine time
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
exe.dev: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
exe.dev: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
exe.dev: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
exe.dev: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
exe.dev: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
exe.dev: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
exe.dev: Enterprise plan
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

exe.dev
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
exe.dev: $0.053
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
exe.dev: $0.105
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
exe.dev: $0.210
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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 $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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