Lizard Sandboxes vs Sailboxes

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour and Sailboxes costs $0.015 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Sailboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit.

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Lizard Sandboxes

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

Sailboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit every month
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

Lizard Sandboxes
Sailboxes
vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Sailboxes: Per second
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000
Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Sailboxes: $0.015
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Sailboxes: $0.008
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Sailboxes: $0.0007 per GiB-hour
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Sailboxes: $5 credit every month
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Sailboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Sailboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Sailboxes: No limit
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sailboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Sailboxes: Up to 5,000

Platform

Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sailboxes: Full VM
GPU
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
Lizard Sandboxes:
Sailboxes:
Pause and resume
Lizard Sandboxes:
Sailboxes:

Developer

SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Sailboxes: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code
Sailboxes: Claude Code

Trust

License
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed
BYOC
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Sailboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
Sailboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
Sailboxes: $0.031
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
Sailboxes: $0.062
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
Sailboxes: $0.124

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.016 against $0.062 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Sailboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You need SOC 2 and HIPAA.

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