Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs Modal

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolated cloud VMs that run commands for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Hyperbrowser Sandboxes profile

Modal

Serverless compute with sandboxes and GPUs.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: $30 credit every month
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Modal profile

What is different

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

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vCPU, per hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045; Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015; Modal: $0.024012
Free tier: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan; Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month; Modal: Pay as you go
Isolation: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM; Modal: gVisor
SDKs: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript; Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code; Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045; Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015; Modal: $0.024012
Storage: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Free tier: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan; Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month; Modal: Pay as you go
Billing: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second; Modal: Per second

Limits

Max session: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: 24 hours
Idle stop: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM; Modal: gVisor
GPU: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal:
Snapshots: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:; Modal:
Pause and resume: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript; Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code; Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
BYOC: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed; Modal: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Modal

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075; Modal: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150; Modal: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300; Modal: $0.476

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need SOC 2.

Modal fits when

You need GPUs.
You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use the Claude Agent SDK.
You want the larger free credit: $30 against $5.

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