microsandbox cloud vs StateSet Sandbox

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and StateSet Sandbox costs $0.0055 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. StateSet Sandbox runs gVisor 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

StateSet Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$25 trial credit, no card
Max session
24 hours

What is different

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

microsandbox cloud
StateSet Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200
Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
StateSet Sandbox:
SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
StateSet Sandbox: $0.0055
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
StateSet Sandbox: $0.00075
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
StateSet Sandbox: $25 trial credit, no card
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
StateSet Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
StateSet Sandbox: Per second

Limits

Max session
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
StateSet Sandbox: Up to 200

Platform

Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
StateSet Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
microsandbox cloud:
StateSet Sandbox:
Pause and resume
microsandbox cloud: No
StateSet Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
StateSet Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
microsandbox cloud: Claude Code, MCP
StateSet Sandbox: Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License
microsandbox cloud: Apache-2.0
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
microsandbox cloud: By evaluation, contact us
StateSet Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

microsandbox cloud
StateSet Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
StateSet Sandbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
StateSet Sandbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.330
StateSet Sandbox: $0.028

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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 need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.

StateSet Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.165 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need pause and resume.

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