microsandbox cloud vs Sandock

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. Sandock runs containers 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

Sandock

Isolation
Container
Free tier
None
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

microsandbox cloud
Sandock
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Sandock: $5 / month
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Sandock: Up to 150
Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Sandock: Container
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Sandock:
SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Sandock: Not listed
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Sandock: Not listed
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Sandock: Not listed
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Sandock: None
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Sandock: $5 / month
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Sandock: Not listed

Limits

Max session
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Sandock: 24 hours
Idle stop
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Sandock: After 30 minutes
Largest sandbox
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Sandock: 16 vCPU · 8 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Sandock: Up to 150

Platform

Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Sandock: Container
GPU
microsandbox cloud: No
Sandock: Not listed
Snapshots
microsandbox cloud:
Sandock: Not listed
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
Sandock:

Developer

SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Sandock: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
Integrations
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Sandock: MCP

Trust

License
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
Sandock: Not listed
BYOC
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Sandock: Private / VPC deployment on Enterprise

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

microsandbox cloud
Sandock
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
Sandock: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
Sandock: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.330
Sandock: Not listed

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Which 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 to start without paying.
  • You need snapshots.

Sandock fits when

  • You use MCP.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

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