Koyeb Sandboxes vs Thunder Sandboxes

Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolated, short-lived sandboxes for agents, GPU optional.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Thunder Sandboxes profile

What is different

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

Field

Koyeb Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes

vCPU, per hour: Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: Koyeb Sandboxes: Included; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Billing: Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second
Isolation: Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM; Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript; Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

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

Thunder Sandboxesthundercompute.com/pricingthundercompute.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour: Koyeb Sandboxes: Included; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing: Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time; Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM; Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes:
Snapshots: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript; Thunder Sandboxes: Python
Integrations: Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed; Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Koyeb Sandboxes

Thunder Sandboxes

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058; Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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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 $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.

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