Isorun vs Vercel Sandbox

Isorun costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Isorun runs microVMs. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Isorun

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

Vercel Sandbox

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

What is different

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

Isorun
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Isorun: $0.025
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Isorun: $0.015
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Isorun: $50 credit
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Isorun: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Isorun: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Isorun: MicroVM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Isorun: TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Isorun: $0.025
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Isorun: $0.015
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Isorun: Persistent disk $0.02 per GB-month for data stored
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Isorun: $50 credit
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Isorun: Pay as you go
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Isorun: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

Isolation
Isorun: MicroVM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Isorun: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Isorun:
Vercel Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Isorun:
Vercel Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Isorun: TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Isorun: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Isorun: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Isorun: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Isorun
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Isorun: $0.055
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Isorun: $0.110
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Isorun: $0.220
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Isorun fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.110 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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