Krova Cloud vs Zipbox

Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Zipbox 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

Zipbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Krova Cloud
Zipbox
vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Snapshots
Krova Cloud:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Krova Cloud:
Zipbox: No
SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Krova Cloud: No limit
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Krova Cloud:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Krova Cloud:
Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Krova Cloud
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.006
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.012
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.024
Zipbox: $0.027

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Krova Cloud fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.012 against $0.014 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 6 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Zipbox fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK, the Vercel AI SDK or LangChain.
  • You want the larger free credit: $25 against $5.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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