Koyeb Sandboxes vs Vercel Sandbox

Koyeb Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. Koyeb Sandboxes runs microVMs. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Koyeb Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Vercel Sandbox

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

What is different

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

Koyeb Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Billing
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Isolation
Koyeb Sandboxes: MicroVM
Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
SDKs
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.0144
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
Koyeb Sandboxes: Included
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Koyeb Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

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

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
Koyeb Sandboxes: Python, JavaScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Koyeb Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Koyeb Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.014
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.029
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Koyeb Sandboxes: $0.058
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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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 $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.

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