Koyeb Sandboxes vs Sailboxes

Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Koyeb Sandboxes

Sandboxes for AI agents, run as Koyeb Instances.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Koyeb Sandboxes profile

Sailboxes

Persistent Linux VMs for long-horizon AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: $5 credit every month
Max session: No limit

Visit site Sailboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Koyeb Sandboxes

Sailboxes

vCPU, per hour: Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144; Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour: Koyeb Sandboxes: Included; Sailboxes: $0.008
Billing: Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Sailboxes: Per second
Isolation: Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM; Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs: Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript; Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Koyeb Sandboxeskoyeb.com/docs/reference/instanceskoyeb.com

Sailboxesdocs.sailresearch.com/sailboxes-pricingdocs.sailresearch.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144; Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour: Koyeb Sandboxes: Included; Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing: Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation: Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM; Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes:
Pause and resume: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes:

Developer

SDKs: Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript; Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed

Trust

License: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed
BYOC: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Sailboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Koyeb Sandboxes

Sailboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014; Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029; Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058; Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Koyeb Sandboxes fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You want the lower list price: $0.029 against $0.062 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Sailboxes fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need snapshots.
You need pause and resume.
You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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