microsandbox cloud vs Prized Sandboxes

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Prized Sandboxes costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. Prized Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs 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

Prized Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$30 credit, one time
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

microsandbox cloud
Prized Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20
Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Prized Sandboxes:

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Prized Sandboxes: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0125
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Prized Sandboxes: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Prized Sandboxes: $30 credit, one time
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Prized Sandboxes: Pay as you go
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Prized Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: 24 hours
Idle stop
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: 32 vCPU · 128 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Prized Sandboxes: Up to 20

Platform

Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Prized Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Prized Sandboxes: No
Snapshots
microsandbox cloud:
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Prized Sandboxes:

Developer

SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
Integrations
microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Trust

License
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed
BYOC
microsandbox cloud: By evaluation, contact us
Prized Sandboxes: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

microsandbox cloud
Prized Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
Prized Sandboxes: $0.065
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
Prized Sandboxes: $0.130
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.330
Prized Sandboxes: $0.260

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.
  • You use Claude Code or MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

Prized Sandboxes fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.130 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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