Lizard Sandboxes vs Mosaic Sandbox

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour and Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Mosaic Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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Lizard Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Max session
No limit

Mosaic Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

Lizard Sandboxes
Mosaic Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200
SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Lizard Sandboxes:
Mosaic Sandbox:
Pause and resume
Lizard Sandboxes:
Mosaic Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP

Trust

License
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
Mosaic Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.050 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain or MCP.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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