Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs PandaStack Sandbox

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
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.

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346

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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 use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.150 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5.40 against $5.

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