Maritime vs Sandbox as a Service

Sandbox as a Service costs $0.045 per vCPU-hour. Maritime runs Firecracker microVMs. Sandbox as a Service runs full VMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Maritime

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
3 agents, forever
Max session
Not listed

Sandbox as a Service

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$5 credit
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

Maritime
Sandbox as a Service
Free tier
Maritime: 3 agents, forever
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Maritime: $20 / month
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Largest sandbox
Maritime: 1 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Maritime: Up to 500
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20
Isolation
Maritime: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
SDKs
Maritime: TypeScript, Python
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
RAM, per GiB-hour
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Included
Storage
Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Free tier
Maritime: 3 agents, forever
Sandbox as a Service: $5 credit
Paid plan from
Maritime: $20 / month
Sandbox as a Service: Pay as you go
Billing
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: 24 hours
Idle stop
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Maritime: 1 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox as a Service: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Maritime: Up to 500
Sandbox as a Service: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
Maritime: Firecracker microVM
Sandbox as a Service: Full VM
GPU
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
Snapshots
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service:
Pause and resume
Maritime:
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Maritime: TypeScript, Python
Sandbox as a Service: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: MCP

Trust

License
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed
BYOC
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Maritime
Sandbox as a Service
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Maritime: Not listed
Sandbox as a Service: $0.180

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Maritime fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

Sandbox as a Service fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.

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