Lizard Sandboxes vs Sandock

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Sandock runs containers and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Lizard Sandboxes

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

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Lizard Sandboxes
Sandock
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Sandock: $5 / month
Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Sandock: 24 hours
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sandock: Container
SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code
Sandock: MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Sandock: Container
GPU
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots
Lizard Sandboxes:
Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume
Lizard Sandboxes:
Sandock:

Developer

SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: TypeScript, Python
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code
Sandock: MCP

Trust

License
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
Sandock
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
Sandock: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use Claude Code.
  • You want to start without paying.

Sandock fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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