Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs Thunder Sandboxes

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need SOC 2.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.

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