microsandbox cloud vs Prime Sandboxes

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Prime Sandboxes costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. Prime Sandboxes runs microVMs and has no session limit.

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microsandbox cloud

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

Prime Sandboxes

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

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

microsandbox cloud
Prime Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024
SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Prime Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Prime Sandboxes: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Prime Sandboxes: $0.0002 per GiB-hour
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Prime Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Prime Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: No limit
Idle stop
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Prime Sandboxes: Up to 1,024

Platform

Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Prime Sandboxes: MicroVM
GPU
microsandbox cloud: No
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
Snapshots
microsandbox cloud:
Prime Sandboxes:
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Prime Sandboxes: Python
Integrations
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Prime Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

microsandbox cloud
Prime Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
Prime Sandboxes: $0.045
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
Prime Sandboxes: $0.090
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.330
Prime Sandboxes: $0.180

Compute only, at list rates.

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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.

Prime Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.090 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

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