Maritime vs Zipbox

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

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Maritime

Hosting for persistent AI agents and Linux desktops, each in its own micro-VM.

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

Visit site Maritime profile

Zipbox

Long-lived Firecracker microVMs for AI agents, each with its own desktop.

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

Visit site Zipbox profile

What is different

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

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Maritime

Zipbox

Storage: Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated; Zipbox: Free
Free tier: Maritime: 3 agents, forever; Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from: Maritime: $20 / month; Zipbox: Pay as you go
Pause and resume: Maritime:; Zipbox: No
SDKs: Maritime: TypeScript, Python; Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: Maritime: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK; Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

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18 fields, at each provider's list price

Maritimemaritime.sh/pricingmaritime.sh

Zipboxzipbox.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: Included
Storage: Maritime: $2 per extra 5 GB per machine per month on Starter, $0.75 on Dedicated; Zipbox: Free
Free tier: Maritime: 3 agents, forever; Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from: Maritime: $20 / month; Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop: Maritime: After 5 minutes; Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: Maritime: Up to 500; Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Maritime: Firecracker microVM; Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: No
Pause and resume: Maritime:; Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs: Maritime: TypeScript, Python; Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations: Maritime: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK; Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Maritime

Zipbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Maritime: Not listed; Zipbox: $0.027

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Maritime fits when

You need pause and resume.

Zipbox fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You use LangChain.

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