Koyeb Sandboxes vs Sandbox as a Service

Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Koyeb Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Koyeb Sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service
vCPU, per hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
Isolation
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
SDKs
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Koyeb Sandboxes
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

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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 $0.090 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.

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