Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs OpenPond Sandboxes

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and OpenPond Sandboxes costs $0.072 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. OpenPond Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Max session
24 hours

OpenPond Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
OpenPond Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.072
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.0234
Storage
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
OpenPond Sandboxes: Free plan with limited monthly usage, 1 sandbox at a time
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
OpenPond Sandboxes: $10 / month
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
OpenPond Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 24 hours
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: After 15 minutes
Largest sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 256 GiB
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Up to 10

Platform

Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
OpenPond Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
OpenPond Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
OpenPond Sandboxes: TypeScript
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
OpenPond Sandboxes: Guided AWS install

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
OpenPond Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300
OpenPond Sandboxes: $0.475

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes fits when

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

OpenPond Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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