Hyperbrowser Sandboxes vs Zipbox

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Hyperbrowser Sandboxes runs full VMs, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Zipbox 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
24 hours

Zipbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Zipbox
vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Zipbox: Included
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time
Max session
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 24 hours
Zipbox: No limit
Largest sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 256 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
Snapshots
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Zipbox: No
SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.045
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.015
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $5 credit (5,000 credits) on the Free plan
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $30 / month
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 24 hours
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 256 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Full VM
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Hyperbrowser Sandboxes
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.075
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.150
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Hyperbrowser Sandboxes: $0.300
Zipbox: $0.027

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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 need snapshots.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 6 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Zipbox fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP, the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.

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