Lizard Sandboxes vs Zipbox

Lizard Sandboxes costs $0.0081 per vCPU-hour and Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Lizard Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs 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

Zipbox

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

What is different

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

Lizard Sandboxes
Zipbox
vCPU, per hour
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Zipbox: $0.00685
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Snapshots
Lizard Sandboxes:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Lizard Sandboxes:
Zipbox: No
SDKs
Lizard Sandboxes: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Lizard Sandboxes: Claude Code, MCP, LangChain
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
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.0081
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Lizard Sandboxes: Included
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Lizard Sandboxes: Local disk is in the rate. Persistent Volumes $0.14 per GB a month
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Lizard Sandboxes: 7-day trial with $5 in trial credits
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Lizard Sandboxes: $19 / month
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Lizard Sandboxes: Bundled machine time
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Lizard Sandboxes: No limit
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Lizard Sandboxes: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Lizard Sandboxes: Up to 100
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Lizard Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Lizard Sandboxes:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Lizard Sandboxes:
Zipbox: No

Developer

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

Trust

License
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
Lizard Sandboxes: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Lizard Sandboxes
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.008
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.016
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Lizard Sandboxes: $0.032
Zipbox: $0.027

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Lizard Sandboxes fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 6 vCPU · 16 GiB.
  • You need GDPR.

Zipbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.016 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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