Fly.io Sprites vs PandaStack Sandbox

Fly.io Sprites costs $0.0385 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. Fly.io Sprites runs microVMs. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Fly.io Sprites

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$30 trial credit
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.

Fly.io Sprites
PandaStack Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.0385
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Fly.io Sprites: $0.021875
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Fly.io Sprites: $0.000683 per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
Fly.io Sprites: $30 trial credit
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Fly.io Sprites: Pay as you go
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Fly.io Sprites: Active CPU time only
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Fly.io Sprites: MicroVM
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Fly.io Sprites:
PandaStack Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Fly.io Sprites:
PandaStack Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Fly.io Sprites: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Fly.io Sprites: MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Fly.io Sprites: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Fly.io Sprites
PandaStack Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.082
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.165
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Fly.io Sprites: $0.329
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Fly.io Sprites fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $30 against $5.40.

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need GDPR.

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