microsandbox cloud vs Mosaic Sandbox

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Mosaic Sandbox costs $0.025 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. Mosaic Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs.

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microsandbox cloud

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Max session
Not listed

Mosaic Sandbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

microsandbox cloud
Mosaic Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Mosaic Sandbox:
SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Mosaic Sandbox: Included
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Mosaic Sandbox: Free
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Mosaic Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Mosaic Sandbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Idle stop
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Mosaic Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Mosaic Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
microsandbox cloud: No
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
microsandbox cloud:
Mosaic Sandbox:
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Mosaic Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Mosaic Sandbox: Python, TypeScript, Go
Integrations
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: LangChain, MCP

Trust

License
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Mosaic Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

microsandbox cloud
Mosaic Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.025
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.050
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.330
Mosaic Sandbox: $0.100

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

microsandbox cloud fits when

  • You want an open-source platform (Apache-2.0) that you can self-host.

Mosaic Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use LangChain or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.050 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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