LangSmith Sandboxes vs Vercel Sandbox

LangSmith Sandboxes costs $0.0576 per vCPU-hour and Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. LangSmith Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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LangSmith Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Credit of 8 LSU every month
Max session
Not listed

Vercel Sandbox

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

What is different

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

LangSmith Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Billing
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
SDKs
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.0576
Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.01845
Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.000123 per GiB-hour
Vercel Sandbox: On Pro, snapshots $0.08 per GB-month and drives $0.05 per GB-month (beta).
Free tier
LangSmith Sandboxes: Credit of 8 LSU every month
Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing
LangSmith Sandboxes: Per second
Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
LangSmith Sandboxes: After 10 minutes
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
LangSmith Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs
LangSmith Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript
Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
LangSmith Sandboxes: LangChain
Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK

Trust

License
LangSmith Sandboxes: Not listed
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
LangSmith Sandboxes: Enterprise plan
Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

LangSmith Sandboxes
Vercel Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.095
Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.189
Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
LangSmith Sandboxes: $0.378
Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

LangSmith Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.189 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II.

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