Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs Vercel Sandbox

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Hyperbrowser Sandboxes

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

Vercel Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
5 CPU-hours every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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 $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need SOC 2.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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