Koyeb Sandboxes vs PandaStack Sandbox

Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Koyeb Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

PandaStack Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5.40 usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Koyeb Sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Billing
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota
Free tier
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Largest sandbox
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500

Platform

Isolation
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Koyeb Sandboxes
PandaStack Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.029 against $0.173 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

PandaStack Sandbox fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
  • You use LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

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