exe.dev vs Zipbox

exe.dev costs $0.0525 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. exe.dev runs full VMs. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

exe.dev

Disposable VMs for AI agents, billed by the second.

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

Visit site exe.dev profile

Zipbox

Long-lived Firecracker microVMs for AI agents, each with its own desktop.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session: No limit

Visit site Zipbox profile

What is different

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

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vCPU, per hour: exe.dev: $0.0525; Zipbox: $0.00685
Storage: exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk; Zipbox: Free
Free tier: exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription; Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from: exe.dev: $15 / month; Zipbox: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox: exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation: exe.dev: Full VM; Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
Integrations: exe.dev: Claude Code, MCP; Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: exe.dev: $0.0525; Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour: exe.dev: Included; Zipbox: Included
Storage: exe.dev: $0.08 per GiB per month of extra disk; Zipbox: Free
Free tier: exe.dev: 7-day trial with a paid ChatGPT subscription; Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from: exe.dev: $15 / month; Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing: exe.dev: Bundled machine time; Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: exe.dev: Not listed; Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop: exe.dev: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: exe.dev: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: exe.dev: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: exe.dev: Full VM; Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU: exe.dev: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots: exe.dev: Not listed; Zipbox: No
Pause and resume: exe.dev: Not listed; Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs: exe.dev: Not listed; Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: exe.dev: Claude Code, MCP; Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License: exe.dev: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC: exe.dev: Enterprise plan; Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

exe.dev

Zipbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: exe.dev: $0.053; Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: exe.dev: $0.105; Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: exe.dev: $0.210; Zipbox: $0.027

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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 need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need a sandbox larger than 6 vCPU · 16 GiB.
You need HIPAA.

Zipbox fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.105 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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