microsandbox cloud vs Thunder Sandboxes

microsandbox cloud costs $0.05 per vCPU-hour and Thunder Sandboxes costs $0.051 per vCPU-hour. microsandbox cloud runs microVMs. Thunder Sandboxes runs Firecracker microVMs and offers GPUs.

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microsandbox cloud

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

Thunder Sandboxes

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

What is different

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

microsandbox cloud
Thunder Sandboxes
vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Isolation
microsandbox cloud: MicroVM
Thunder Sandboxes: Firecracker microVM
GPU
microsandbox cloud: No
Thunder Sandboxes:
SDKs
microsandbox cloud: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Ruby
Thunder Sandboxes: Python

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.05
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.051
RAM, per GiB-hour
microsandbox cloud: $0.0162
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.016
Storage
microsandbox cloud: $0.0001 per GiB-hour
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.00012 per GiB-hour
Free tier
microsandbox cloud: Free plan, 5 computer-hours a month
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Paid plan from
microsandbox cloud: $49 / month
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Billing
microsandbox cloud: Per second
Thunder Sandboxes: Per second

Limits

Max session
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Idle stop
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Largest sandbox
microsandbox cloud: Not listed
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
microsandbox cloud: Up to 25,000
Thunder Sandboxes: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

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

Trust

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

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

microsandbox cloud
Thunder Sandboxes
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.082
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.165
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
microsandbox cloud: $0.330
Thunder Sandboxes: $0.332

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 want the lower list price: $0.165 against $0.166 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need snapshots.

Thunder Sandboxes fits when

  • You need GPUs.

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