microsandbox cloud vs Modal
microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.
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microsandbox cloud
- Isolation
- MicroVM
- Free tier
- Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
- Max session
- Not listed
What is different
7 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.
microsandbox cloud
Modal
- vCPU, per hour
- microsandbox cloud: $0.05
- Modal: $0.070956
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
- Modal: $0.024012
- Free tier
- microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
- Modal: $30 credit every month
- Paid plan from
- microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
- Modal: Pay as you go
- Isolation
- microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
- Modal: gVisor
- GPU
- microsandbox cloud: No
- Modal:
- SDKs
- microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
- Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Full comparison
18 fields, at each provider's list price
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Modalmodal
Pricing
- vCPU, per hour
- microsandbox cloud: $0.05
- Modal: $0.070956
- RAM, per GiB-hour
- microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
- Modal: $0.024012
- Storage
- microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
- Modal: Not listed
- Free tier
- microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
- Modal: $30 credit every month
- Paid plan from
- microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
- Modal: Pay as you go
- Billing
- microsandbox cloud: Per second
- Modal: Per second
Limits
- Max session
- microsandbox cloud: Not listed
- Modal: 24 hours
- Idle stop
- microsandbox cloud: Not listed
- Modal: Not listed
- Largest sandbox
- microsandbox cloud: Not listed
- Modal: Not listed
- Concurrent sandboxes
- microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
- Modal: Not listed
Platform
- Isolation
- microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
- Modal: gVisor
- GPU
- microsandbox cloud: No
- Modal:
- Snapshots
- microsandbox cloud:
- Modal:
- Pause and resume
- microsandbox cloud: No
- Modal: Not listed
Developer
- SDKs
- microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
- Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
- Integrations
- microsandbox cloud: Not listed
- Modal: Claude Agent SDK
Trust
- License
- microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
- Modal: Not listed
- BYOC
- microsandbox cloud: Not listed
- Modal: Not listed
Hourly cost
One sandbox running for one hour
microsandbox cloud
Modal
- 1 vCPU · 2 GiB
- microsandbox cloud: $0.082
- Modal: $0.119
- 2 vCPU · 4 GiB
- microsandbox cloud: $0.165
- Modal: $0.238
- 4 vCPU · 8 GiB
- microsandbox cloud: $0.330
- Modal: $0.476
Compute only, at list rates.
Open the calculatorWhich one fits
Based on the fields above
microsandbox cloud fits when
- You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
- You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.
- You want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
Modal fits when
- You need GPUs.
- You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
- You use the Claude Agent SDK.
- You need a desktop in the sandbox.
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