inis.run vs PandaStack Sandbox
PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.
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inis.run
- Isolation
- Full VM
- Free tier
- €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
- Max session
- No limit
PandaStack Sandbox
- Isolation
- Firecracker microVM
- Free tier
- $5.40 usage credit every month
- Max session
- No limit
What is different
9 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
inis.run
PandaStack Sandbox
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- inis.run: Included
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
- Storage
- inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
- Free tier
- inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
- PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
- Paid plan from
- inis.run: Pay as you go
- PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
- Billing
- inis.run: Bundled machine time
- PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
- Largest sandbox
- inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- inis.run: Up to 10
- PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
- Isolation
- inis.run: Full VM
- PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- Integrations
- inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
- PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- inis.run: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- inis.run: Included
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
- Storage
- inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
- Free tier
- inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
- PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
- Paid plan from
- inis.run: Pay as you go
- PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
- Billing
- inis.run: Bundled machine time
- PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Limits
- Max session
- inis.run: No limit
- PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
- Idle stop
- inis.run: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
- Largest sandbox
- inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
- Concurrent sandboxes
- inis.run: Up to 10
- PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500
Platform
- Isolation
- inis.run: Full VM
- PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
- GPU
- inis.run: No
- PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
- Snapshots
- inis.run:
- PandaStack Sandbox:
- Pause and resume
- inis.run:
- PandaStack Sandbox:
Developer
- SDKs
- inis.run: Python, TypeScript
- PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
- Integrations
- inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
- PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP
Trust
- License
- inis.run: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
- BYOC
- inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote
- PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
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PandaStack Sandbox
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- inis.run: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- inis.run: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- inis.run: Not listed
- PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
inis.run fits when
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
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.
- Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
- You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.
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