Krova Cloud vs PandaStack Sandbox

Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour and PandaStack Sandbox costs $0.054 per vCPU-hour. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. PandaStack Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Krova Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

PandaStack Sandbox

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

What is different

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

Krova Cloud
PandaStack Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota (1 GiB on Free, 100 GiB on Pro, 2.5 TiB on Team). Hibernated state is free for now
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.054
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.0162
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.15 per GiB-month beyond the plan volume quota (1 GiB on Free, 100 GiB on Pro, 2.5 TiB on Team). Hibernated state is free for now
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
PandaStack Sandbox: $5.40 usage credit every month
Paid plan from
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
PandaStack Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
PandaStack Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Krova Cloud: No limit
PandaStack Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Krova Cloud: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: After 60 minutes
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
PandaStack Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Krova Cloud: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Up to 500

Platform

Isolation
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
PandaStack Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Krova Cloud: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Krova Cloud:
PandaStack Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Krova Cloud:
PandaStack Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
PandaStack Sandbox: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
PandaStack Sandbox: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, MCP

Trust

License
Krova Cloud: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Apache-2.0
BYOC
Krova Cloud: Not listed
PandaStack Sandbox: Enterprise plan, BYO-VPC

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Krova Cloud
PandaStack Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.006
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.086
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.012
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.173
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.024
PandaStack Sandbox: $0.346

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Krova Cloud fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.012 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 or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the larger free credit: $5.40 against $5.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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